Security device for electrical conductors in a conduit
OwnerKristopher M. C. Ridenourinventor
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Abstract
A bracket encircles a conduit or lamp post and includes an opening for access to a cover attached to the conduit or lamp post and serves as a security device to prevent access to the electrical conductors behind the cover. A removable plate having a bottom edge engaged within a channel extends across the opening of the bracket. A tang extends from the bracket for penetrable engagement with a slot in the plate. An aperture in the tang extending through the plate is engageable with the shackle of a lock to preclude removal of the plate.
Claims11
A security device for covering an access port in a conduit or lamp post, said device comprising:
- (a) a bracket having an open side for receiving the conduit or lamp post, which open side is coincident with the access port;
- (b) at least one strap displaced from the access port for securing said bracket to the conduit or lamp post;
- (c) a tang extending from one of said straps and including an aperture for engagement by the shackle of a padlock;
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- (d) a plate engaging said bracket to cover the open side of said bracket, said plate including a slot for penetrable engagement by said tang.
A security device for preventing access to a cover on a conduit or lamp post, said device comprising:
- (a) a bracket for surrounding the conduit or lamp post coincident with the cover on the conduit or lamp post;
- (b) said bracket including an opening positionally corresponding with the cover;
- (c) a plate detachably attachable to said bracket and extending across the opening, said plate including a slot;
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- (d) a tang extending from said bracket for penetrable engagement with said slot in said plate, said tang including an aperture adapted for engagement by the shackle of a padlock.
Apparatus for preventing access through a cover to the electrical conductors within a conventional conduit or light post, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a bracket for encircling the conduit or light post, said bracket including an opening proximate the cover on the light post;
- (b) a tang extending from said bracket and having an aperture for engagement by the shackle of a padlock;
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- (c) a plate for engaging said bracket to overlie the opening in said bracket, said plate including a slot penetrably engageable by said tang.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.