Security device for electrical conductors in a conduit
OwnerKristopher M.C. Ridenourinventor
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Abstract
A bracket encircles a conduit or lamp post and includes an opening for access to a cover attached to the conduit or lamp post and serves as a security device to prevent access to the electrical conductors behind the cover. A removable plate having a bottom edge engaged within a channel extends across the opening of the bracket. A tang extends from the bracket for penetrable engagement with a slot in the plate. An aperture in the tang extending through the plate is engageable with the shackle of a lock to preclude removal of the plate.
Claims22
A security device for covering an access port in a conduit or lamp post, said device comprising:
- (a) a bracket having an open side for receiving the conduit or lamp post, which open side is coincident with the access port;
- (b) at least one strap displaced from the access port for securing said bracket to the conduit or lamp post;
- (c) a tang extending from one of said straps and including an aperture for engagement by the shackle of a padlock;
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- (d) a plate engaging said bracket to cover the open side of said bracket, said plate including a slot for penetrable engagement by said tang.
A security device for preventing access to a cover on a conduit or lamp post, said device comprising:
- (a) a bracket for surrounding the conduit or lamp post coincident with the cover on the conduit or lamp post;
- (b) said bracket including an opening positionally corresponding with the cover;
- (c) a plate detachably attachable to said bracket and extending across the opening, said plate including a slot;
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- (d) a tang extending from said bracket for penetrable engagement with said slot in said plate, said tang including an aperture adapted for engagement by the shackle of a padlock.
A security device for covering an access port in a conduit or lamp post, which conduit or lamp post is not rectangular in cross-section, said security device comprising:
- (a) a first half of a bracket having opposed lateral sides, a back side and top and bottom sides, said top and bottom sides including cutaway sections commensurate in configuration with the cross-section of the rear half of the conduit or lamp post;
- (b) a second half of said bracket having a front opening, further top and bottom sides, said further top and bottom sides including further cutaway sections commensurate in configuration with the cross-section of the front half of the lamp post;
- (c) a first flange extending interiorly from a first one of said lateral sides;
- (d) a second flange extending interiorly from a second one of said lateral sides;
- (e) a first strap interconnecting said further top side with said further bottom side;
- (f) a second strap interconnecting said further top side with said further bottom side, said further top and bottom sides and said first and second straps defining an opening;
- (g) screws for threadedly drawing the upper end of said first strap with the upper end of said first flange, for threadedly drawing the lower end of said first strap with the lower end of said first flange, for threadedly drawing the upper end of said second strap with the upper end of said second flange and for threadedly drawing the lower end of said second strap with the lower end of said second flange;
- (h) a tang extending from said second half of said bracket;
- (i) a channel secured as part of the opening and disposed adjacent the lower ends of said first and second straps;
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- (j) a plate engaging said channel to cover the front opening, said plate including a slot for penetrable engagement by said tang.
A method for covering an access port present on a conduit or lamp post, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) extending a bracket partially about the conduit or lamp post to locate an opening in the bracket coincident with the access port;
- (b) detachably attaching a plate to the bracket to cover the access port;
- (c) engaging a slot in the plate with an apertured tang extending from the bracket upon exercise of said step of attaching;
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- (d) attaching the shackle of a lock with the aperture in the tang after exercise of said step of engaging.
Apparatus for preventing access through a cover to the electrical conductors within a conventional conduit or light post, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a bracket for encircling the conduit or light post, said bracket including an opening proximate the cover on the light post;
- (b) a tang extending from said bracket and having an aperture for engagement by the shackle of a padlock;
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- (c) a plate for engaging said bracket to overlie the opening in said bracket, said plate including a slot penetrably engageable by said tang.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.