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US 4,680,949 AGranted
Locking device for articles such as sailboards
OwnerLeo J. Stewartinventor
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The invention provides a locking device for the securing against unauthorized removal of an article of manufacture of the type having an elongated groove therein with a re-entrant channel in at least one side wall of a groove for receiving one or more locking pins therein. The groove will also have a widened section therein defining an entry/exitway leading to the re-entrant channel from the exterior of the article. The locking device according to the invention includes a pair of relatively movable rigid members with at least one of the members having a locking pin therein which is adapted to enter into the groove via the above-noted entry/exitway and to engage in the re-entrant channel within the groove a desired distance away from the entry/exitway so as to prevent unwanted removal from the groove. The other of the rigid members is adapted to be locked in a selected position with respect to the first-noted member such that said at least one member is securely retained within said groove.
A locking device for the securing against unauthorized removal of an article of manufacture of the type having an elongated groove therein said groove having an elongated re-entrant channel in at least one elongated side wall of the groove for receiving one or more locking pins therein, said groove also having a widened section therein defining an entry/exitway leading into said elongated re-entrant channel from the exterior of said article, said locking device comprising a pair of relatively movable rigid members, at least one of said members having a locking pin therein and said at least one member and said locking pin therein being adapted to enter into said groove via said entry/exitway with said locking pin projecting outwardly from said at least one member in a direction relative to said at least one member as to enable said locking pin to project into and to engage in said re-entrant channel in said elongated side wall of said groove when said at least one member is disposed within said groove, and the other of said members adapted to be locked in a selected position with respect to said one member, such that said at least one member can be securely retained within said groove.
A locking device for the securing against unauthorized removal of an article of manufacture of the type having an elongated groove therein, such groove having a re-entrant channel in at least one side wall of the groove for receiving one or more locking pins therein, said groove also having a widened section therein defining an entry/exitway leading into said re-entrant channel from the exterior of said article, said locking device comprising a pair of relatively movable rigid members, at least one of said members having a locking pin therein and being adapted to enter into such groove via said entry/exitway and to engage in said re-entrant channel a distance away from said entry/exitway, and the other of said members adapted to be locked in a selected position with respect to said one member, such that said at least one member is securely retained within said groove and wherein only one of said members is adapted to enter into said groove.
A locking device for the securing against unauthorized removal of an article of manufacture of the type having an elongated groove therein, with an elongated re-entrant channel in at least one side wall of the groove for receiving one or more locking pins therein, said groove also having a widened section therein defining an entry/exitway leading into said re-entrant channel from the exterior of said article, said locking device comprising:
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