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US 9,752,353 B2Granted
Receptacle locking device
AssigneeUnited States Postal Service
InventorsJames Edmund Matthews, Joram Shenhar, Terry Martin Gingell, Donald Eugene Irwin, William Albert Tartal
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Abstract
Receptacle locking devices are disclosed. A receptacle locking device having a contact arm and a pivoting feature can be pivoted from a first, unlocked position to a second, locked position, wherein the contact arm prevents opening of the receptacle door when the locking device is in the second, locked position.
Claims12
A locking device comprising:
- a frame;
- a contact arm fixedly attached to a first portion of the frame, wherein the contact arm extends beyond an edge of the frame;
- a pair of locking arms pivotably connected to a second portion of the frame, wherein the locking arms are pivotable to rotate proximal ends of each of the pair of locking arms into alignment with each other;
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- a locking sleeve slidably connected to a first one of the pair of locking arms, the locking sleeve configured to slide to partially surround the second of the pair of locking arms when the proximal ends of the pair of locking arms are aligned.
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A locking device comprising:
- an upper frame;
- a lower frame pivotably connected to the upper frame;
- an upper arm connected to the upper frame;
- a lower arm connected to the lower frame, wherein the lower arm has a different length than the upper arm;
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- wherein the pivotable connection between the upper frame and the lower frame is configured to allow movement of frame between a first position and a second position, wherein, in the first position, the upper arm and the lower arm are positioned a first distance from one another, and in the second position, the upper arm and the lower arm are positioned a second distance from one another, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.