Slotted locking device
OwnerEdward A. Kaufmanninventor
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Abstract
A lockable securing device including a bifurcated body having a pair of outwardly extended, spaced, parallel arms. A slotted opening is formed between the arms. Transverse apertures are provided in the arms near their outer ends and are sized to receive a removable, axial locking device. The locking device has an extension member at one end which is arranged to extend across the slotted opening to block the opening and retain an object within the slot when the axial lock is inserted and retained within said body arms. In one embodiment the slotted lock is used to secure the frame of a bicycle to an anchored object to prevent unauthorized removal; another is a door handle.
Claims3
A bicycle locking device for securing a bicycle to an anchored elongated object, comprising:
- a. a body including a U-shaped clamp means positioned around the frame of a bicycle with the ends of said clamp firmly secured in said body, and having a pair of outwardly extending, rigid arms spaced from each other to form an open slot therebetween, said spaced arms include aligned transverse apertures arranged near the outer end of said arms, said body being fixedly attached to the frame of said bicycle;
- b. at least partially removable axial locking means arranged to be inserted into said apertures for releasably enclosing said anchored object between said spaced rigid arms, whereby said bicycle can be secured to prevent unauthorized removal;
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- c. said axial locking means includes a lockable cylinder and an extension member mounted at one end of said cylinder and an extension whereby when the locking means is inserted into said apertures, the extension member is disposed across the opening between said arms to prevent removal of the bicycle from said anchored object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.