Shackleless lock protector

• US 4,754,626 A
• Filed: 05/01/1987
• Issued: 07/05/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Myron Siegel
• Original Assignee: Myron Siegel
• Inventors: Siegel, Myron
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US07/044,578
• Time in Patent Office: 431 Days
• Field of Search: 70/32, 70/33, 70/34, 70/23, 70/14, 70/51
• US Class Current: 70/32
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 67/36 Padlocks with closing means other than shackles ; Removable locks, the lock body itself being the locking element; Padlocks consisting of two separable halves or cooperating with a stud
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/439 Non-shackle type
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/487 Parts, accessories, attachments and adjuncts

Abstract

This lock protector is designed to be received over a padlock strap and staple combination used to lock a door. Primarily, it consists of an elongated block or bar having an opening for receiving the padlock staple, and a larger opening in a face of the block receives a flat cylindrical lock member that also receives the padlock staple and locks the door by the employment of a key to advance the lock member bolt through the staple.

Claims

1. A shackleless lock protector, comprising, an elongated block, for being received on a hasp strap and a hasp staple that cooperate with each other for locking a door, and a cylindrical disc-type lock member received in said block, for retaining said block on said hasp strap and said staple and preventing unauthorized entry through said door, wherein said block is provided with an arcuate opening through a front face and matingly receives an outer peripheral surface of said lock member, and a shoulder is integrally attached to a rear face of said lock member, projects outward and engages with a longitudinal side of said block, so as to properly position the lock member on the block, wherein the arcuate opening through said front face of said block extends through a second longitudinal side of said block, and a longitudinal second opening is provided through said block within the confines of the arcuate opening and freely receives said hasp staple, and a key operable bolt of a locking mechanism within said lock member is removably received through said hasp staple, and wherein said bolt traverses an elongated opening provided in said lock member and said staple is freely received within the elongated opening in the lock member.