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US 9,308,815 B2Granted
Fuel cap lock
OwnerArmando Torres, Juan Carlos Torresinventors
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Abstract
A fuel cap lock comprising a base plate having a circular opening to accommodate the a diesel fuel tank fill pipe, two steel hinges mounted to vertical hinge supports welded to opposing sides base plate, a two strap hasp lock is hingedly mounted to the vertical hinge supports, wherein the hasp straps overlap, and lock together over a fuel tank's fuel cap, thus securing the cap and preventing its removal.
Claims12
A fuel cap lock device for a fuel tank, the fuel tank having a threaded fill pipe and a fuel cap threadably mountable to the fill pipe, the fuel cap lock device comprising:
- a base plate having a threaded circular opening, the circular opening having threads and is sized to accommodate the fuel tank fill pipe,
- a first vertical hinge support secured to the base plate,
- a second vertical hinge support secured to the base plate opposite the first vertical hinge support,
- a first hinge mounted to the first vertical support,
- a second hinge mounted to the second vertical support,
- a hasp lock having a first strap and a second strap, the first strap mounted to the first hinge, the second strap mounted to the second hinge,
- wherein the base plate is threaded to the fill pipe prior to the fuel cap being threaded to the fill pipe;
- wherein the base plate is positionable against the fuel tank, and
- wherein upon mounting the fuel cap to the fill pipe, the straps overlap, and lock together over the fuel cap, thus securing the fuel cap and preventing its removal.
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