Lightweight-type detachable lock
OwnerPhilip W. Thompsoninventor
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Abstract
A light-weight type lock having a body assembly and a pair of detachable hasps which protrude from opposite ends of the body. The body is box-like in form with movably related cover and configured body, securable together by keylock operation. The hasp ends are captured between the inner body configuration and the outer body when locked in assembly. In particular embodiments the hasps may be flexible members such as chains, or may be rigid "U" shaped members, either entirely releasible from the body assembly or releasible at one end of the hasp, and the outer and inner body members may slide or may pivot relative to each other to secure and to release the hasps, providing either alternative or simultaneous hasp release.
Claims17
In a lock having a body, hasp structure having a part protrusive from the body, means including a first recess for securing a first portion of the hasp structure to the body while permitting a second portion thereof to move relative to said first portion, and means at the body for holding said second portion closed in locking position, the improvement comprising:
- the means for holding including a cover comprising a tubular member with open ends proportioned for sliding over the body to a position over at least said second portion of the hasp structure;
- and means for locking the cover in said position.
In a lock having a body, hasp structure, means for securing a first portion of the hasp structure to the body while permitting a second portion thereof to move relative to said first portion, and means at the body for holding said second portion closed in locking position, the improvement comprising:
- the means for holding including a cover movable to a position over at least said second portion of the hasp structure, means for locking the cover in said position, the cover comprising a tubular member proportioned for sliding over said body to said position, the hasp structure including a part thereof protrusive from the lock at said first portion and terminating at said second portion and a second said hasp structure, the second hasp structure protrusive from the lock opposite the first said hasp structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.