Lock nut
OwnerGregory L. Klinglerinventor
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Abstract
A lock nut designed for securing a nut on bolt, specifically for those situations in which the bolt cannot be rotated and the bolt is located proximate to an object that can obstruct the ability to rotate the lock nut on the bolt. The lock nut can change form by the addition of pieces, the removal of pieces, or by changing the shape of a single piece. The lock nut is designed such that in one form it can be threaded onto the bolt and, thereafter, it can be changed in form and locked into this new form, the new form being such that the lock nut cannot be fully rotated on the bolt without encountering an obstruction, thus preventing the ability to remove the lock nut.
Claims3
A lock nut for securing an item to a fixed bolt that is located proximate to an object which can obstruct the ability to rotate said lock nut on said fixed bolt once said lock nut has been locked;
- said lock nut being able to be threaded onto a non-fixed end of said fixed bolt then locked in place;
- said lock nut thereby being able to secure said item to said fixed bolt once said item has been positioned such that said non-fixed end of said fixed bolt has passed through an aperture in said item;
- said lock nut, when locked, being positioned entirely on a side of said item opposite from a side of said item which is nearest to a fixed end of said fixed bolt;
- said lock nut comprising:
- (a) a threaded cavity for threading said lock nut onto said bolt;
- (b) in combination, a means to change the size and/or shape of said lock nut and a locking/unlocking mechanism to secure said lock nut in any of multiple size/shape configurations, at least one of said configurations causing said lock nut to encounter said object which can obstruct the ability to rotate said lock nut, if one were to attempt to remove said lock nut from said bolt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.