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US 7,594,416 B2Granted
Security device and methodology
OwnerSandford Bosininventor
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Abstract
A lock having a body, a face, a shackle and an audio and/or a visual system. The audio system includes a speaker system and a controller, and the visual system includes an indicator light and a controller. The systems also employ a battery and a battery indicator light, e.g., an LED, indicating when the battery needs to be replaced. The audio system emits an audible sequence and the visual system emits a light sequence when the lock is unlocked, reminding a user to lock the lock.
Claims20
A lock comprising:
- a padlock locking mechanism;
- and
- an indicator, said indicator being activated when said locking mechanism is unlocked, and said indicator being deactivated when said locking mechanism is locked, wherein a user of said lock is alerted to the unlocked status of said locking mechanism by a signal from said indicator, and wherein the continued unlocked status of said locking mechanism causes generation, by said indicator, of a second signal.
A method for securing an object for a user comprising:
- locking said object using a lock, said lock including an indicator;
- alerting said user, by a first signal from said indicator upon said lock being unlocked, of the unlocked status of said lock, said indicator being disabled upon said lock then being locked, wherein the user of said object is alerted to the unlocked status of the object by said first signal from said indicator;
- and
- further alerting said user, by a second signal from said indicator after said first signal, of the unlocked status of said object;
- wherein said lock is a padlock.
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