Lockable cover assembly for push-button key pad
AssigneeEngineering Systems Corporation
InventorDavid Carlberg
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Abstract
A lockable cover assembly for a push-button key pad, such as for telephones or the like, includes a face plate having apertures through which the push-buttons extend outwardly. The face plate also includes a plurality of slots along one edge thereof, and a lock access hole disposed adjacent to the opposing edge. A key pad cover includes a plurality of locking lugs along one edge which engage the slots of the key pad cover, and a lock disposed at the opposing edge of the cover. The lock includes a shaft which extends through the access hole of the cover to engage an inner portion of the housing of the unit being protected.
Claims7
In conjunction with a telephone instrument having a faceplate opening and an internal flange therein;
- a lockable cover assembly comprising a faceplate received in said opening and supported by said flange, a matrix of holes in said faceplate through which the telephone push-button keypad extends, a plurality of slots extending through said faceplate and disposed adjacent to one edge thereof, a lock access hole extending through said faceplate and disposed adjacent to the edge opposite said one edge;
- a keypad cover member removably secured over said keypad to prevent access thereto, said cover member including a plurality of locking lugs extending from one edge thereof and adapted to extend through said slots to engage said internal flange in locking fashion, a lock device secured adjacent to the opposite edge of said cover member, said locking device including a shaft extending therefrom through said lock access hole, and latch means extending from said shaft to engage said internal flange and prevent removal of said cover member from said telephone instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.