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US 4,294,088 AGranted
Security device for spare tires
OwnerRolla W. Barrinventor
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Abstract
A security device for spare tires includes a housing including an opening for receiving a shackle portion of an associated padlock. Other openings are provided for receiving an associated member to be secured by the padlock. A shackle-securing member releasably secures the shackle within the housing.
Claims4
A security device for spare tires comprising:
- a housing having first means for receiving a shackle portion of an associated padlock, and second means for receiving a first portion of an associated member to be secured by the padlock, said first means being a relief adjacent one end of the housing and said second means being a relief opposite the first relief and adjacent the one end;
- shackle-securing means connected to the housing adjacent the one end;
- third means for receiving a second portion of the associated member, said third means being a relief adjacent another end of the housing opposite the one end;
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- means for manual access to the shackle, said means being an opening formed in the housing between the opposite ends.
2 more elements
A security device in combination with a trailer, comprising:
- a spare wheel mounted on the trailer;
- a padlock;
- an associated member connected to the padlock, the spare wheel and the trailer;
- a housing having first means for receiving a shackle portion of the padlock, and second means for receiving a first portion of the associated member, said first means being a relief adjacent one end of the housing and said second means being a relief opposite the first relief and adjacent the one end;
- shackle-securing means connected to the housing for releasably securing the shackle within the housing;
- third means for receiving a second portion of the associated member, said third means being a relief adjacent another end of the housing opposite the one end;
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- means for retaining the second portion of the associated member in the housing, the associated member being a "U" shaped bolt mounted on the trailer, the first portion being a threaded end of the bolt extending through a lug hole of the wheel having a shackle receiving bore formed therethrough and the second portion being another threaded end of the bolt extending through another lug hole of the wheel.
5 more elements
A security device for spare tires which includes a shackle guard for padlocks having a housing defining a cavity therein and a plurality of connected walls surrounding the cavity, the improvement comprising:
- a first wall defining first means adjacent one end of the housing for permitting a shackle portion of the padlock to pass therethrough into and out of the cavity;
- a second wall defining second means adjacent the one end and opposite the first means for permitting a first portion of a member to be secured by the padlock to pass therethrough into and out of the cavity;
- the second wall further defining third means adjacent another end of the housing opposite the one end for permitting a second portion of the member to be secured by the padlock to pass therethrough into and out of the cavity;
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- the housing defining means for manual access to the shackle, said means being an opening formed in the housing between the opposite ends.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.