Locking fastener apparatus

A locking fastener apparatus for coupling objects together, said apparatus comprising:

• a bolt having a head portion and a threaded shaft portion, said shaft portion having a plurality of shaft slots;
• a nut having a threaded hole for threadably receiving said shaft portion of said bolt, said nut being releasably engagable with said shaft portion of said bolt, said nut having an upper side, a lower side, and a plurality of side portions;
• each of said shaft slots of said shaft portion of said bolt being spaced about a circumference of said shaft portion, each of said shaft slots being oriented substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said shaft portion and extending generally a full length of said shaft portion;
• said nut having a nut slot disposed in a first side portion of said plurality of side portions, said nut slot being centrally positioned across a width of said first side portion and being oriented substantially parallel to said upper and lower sides of said nut, said nut having a nut lock bore extending inwardly through said nut slot from said first side portion towards said hole of said nut, said nut lock bore being positioned generally adjacent to a first outer edge of said first side portion of said nut and being oriented substantially perpendicular to said hole;
• wherein said nut lock bore of said nut extends into said first side portion such that an aperture is formed in an outer wall of said nut defining said hole;
• said nut including a nut lock member for movably positioning in said nut lock bore of said nut, said nut lock member having an angled inner end for abutting an inside end of said nut lock bore when fully received by said nut lock bore, said inner end of said nut lock member having a catch portion for extending into said aperture of said nut such that said catch portion is engagable with said shaft slots when said nut is threadably positioned on said bolt and said nut lock member is fully received by said nut lock bore of said nut;
• said nut having a biasing member being disposed in a second outer edge of said first side portion of said nut and being centrally positioned in said nut slot;
• said nut including a lever member being pivotally coupled to said first side portion of said nut and extending a length of said first side portion, a first end of said lever member being attached to an outer end of said nut lock member and being positioned in said nut slot of said nut, a second end of said lever member extending outwardly from said nut slot of said nut and being positioned atop said biasing member;
• wherein said biasing member biases said second end of said lever member outward from said first side portion causing said nut lock member to move inward fully through said nut lock bore of said nut;
• wherein said catch portion of said nut lock member engages one of said shaft slots when said nut is threadably coupled to said bolt and said nut lock member is aligned with one of said shaft slots;
• wherein said catch portion of said nut lock member is moved out of said shaft slot when said second end of said lever member is biased inward by the attachment of a conventional fastener tool to said nut.

A locking fastener apparatus for coupling objects together, said apparatus comprising:

• a bolt for threadably coupling to an object, said bolt comprising a head having a top side and a bottom side, and including a threaded shaft;
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• said bolt having a locking assembly for selectively engaging a plurality of locking holes in the object being coupled to;
• said locking assembly including a bolt slot being disposed in said top side of said head of said bolt and being positioned offset from a center of said head.