Locking means for gates

• US 3,282,617 A
• Filed: 07/28/1964
• Issued: 11/01/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert G. Wason
• Original Assignee: Robert G. Wason
• Inventors: Wason, Robert G.
• Application Number:
  US04/385,687
• Time in Patent Office: 826 Days
• US Class Current: 292/171
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 65/0007 for gates for wire gates E06B11/021
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/0992 Flexible

Claims

2. A GATE LOCKING DEVICE COMPRISING, A HINGED GATE HAVING A HOLLOW VERTICAL POST AT ONE END, A SPRING-BIASED BOLT HOUSED WITHIN THE POST AND HAVING A LOWER END NORMALLY PROJECTING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE POST UNDER THE FORCE OF THE SPRING BIAS, A RECESSED STRIKER PLATE BELOW THE POST FOR THE RECEPTION OF THE LOWER END OF THE BOLT, A PLUG FITTED WITHIN THE POST AT ITS UPPER END, SAID PLUG HAVING A CENTRAL APERTURE, A CAP FITTED OVER THE UPPER END OF THE POST AND OVER THE TOP OF THE PLUG, SAID CAP BEING NON-ROTATIVE BUT AXIALLY SLIDABLE TO A LIMITED EXTENT ON THE POST, THE CAP HAVING A STIFF CENTRALLY-POSITIONED TUBE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM IT, SAID TUBE BEING SLIDABLY GUIDED THROUGH THE CENTRAL APERTURE IN THE PLUG, AND A FLEXIBLE CABLE HAVING ONE END FIXED WITHIN THE TUBE, SAID CABLE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF THE POST AND HAVING ITS LOWER END ATTACHED TO THE BOLT.