Electric meter box lock
OwnerAnker J. Nielsen, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
This device locks the cover of an electric meter box by use of a bolt type lock which prevents access to the screw which fixes the part holding down the cover to a bracket fixed on the body of the box.
Claims5
Locking means for electric meter boxes comprising in combination a rectangular metal box to hold the meter, a cover therefor, a bracket fixed on a wall of the box having a tubular portion of angular cross-section and a closed end, a locking element including a tubular portion also of angular cross-section mating in telescoping manner with the bracket and having a portion overlying the cover, and also having a sleeve entering the tubular bracket, and means fixing the sleeve detachably to the bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.