Abstract: A lock protector for use with a padlock. The lock protector comprises a pair of spaced body members with a neck member extending therebetween and integrally formed therewith. The body members define a transverse slot therebetween for receiving a locking eye therein, and the body members are spaced such that a shackle of the padlock may be positioned therebetween and lockingly engaged with said locking eye, the transverse slot being substantially parallel to legs of the shackle. Skirts extend from each of the body members along sides of the padlock. The lock protector is particularly well adapted for use with a spare tire carrier on a motor vehicle.

Abstract: A tamper proof hasp apparatus for use with a conventional padlock incorporating a U-shaped attached shackle pivotable, when unlocked, about a shackle pivot leg. The apparatus includes first and second hasps incorporating respective first and second hasp plates, each formed on one end with a slot for receipt laterally thereinto of the pivot leg of the shackle and formed on the opposite end with bores for receiving the closure leg of such shackle. A spacer tongue projects from such one end of one of the hasp plates to engage one end of such body and maintain such one end spaced from the plates a distance sufficient to limit travel of such shackle relative to such hasp plates. The respective hasps are formed with guard plates projecting laterally of the hasp plates to restrict access to such shackle by tampering tools such as bolt cutters, hacksaws and the like.

Abstract: A security shield for protection of a padlock of a type which has a body and shackle. The shackle is of generally U-shaped configuration and has a free leg and a pivoting captive leg interconnected by an outer end. The security shield comprises a housing and a saddle positioned therein. The housing has a front and rear wall interconnected by a pair of side walls. A top wall interconnects the ends of the front, rear and side walls to define an open ended box. The front wall has a locking port formed therein for enabling a hasp to pass therethrough and an exit slot formed in the top wall for enabling a shackle outer end to pass therethrough. The saddle is secured to the interior of the housing and comprises a lower horizontal base and a upper horizontal base interconnected by a vertical arm. The bases each have apertures therein for enabling the shackle free leg to pass therethrough.

Abstract: A padlock protector comprising a housing member and a locking rod rigidly mounted, offcentered, inside the housing. The locking rod cooperates with the shackle of a padlock to secure the latter inside the housing when the padlock is fastened to a latching device. The housing member is provided with cooperative cut-out portions at one end thereof for receiving the hardware members of the latching device when the padlock is fastened to the latching device.

Abstract: A tamper proof hasp apparatus for use with a conventional padlock incorporating a U-shaped attached shackle pivotable, when unlocked, about a shackle pivot leg. The apparatus includes first and second hasps incorporating respective first and second hasp plates formed on one end with an opening for receipt laterally thereinto of the pivot leg of the shackle and formed on the opposite end with bores for receiving the closure leg of such shackle. The closure bore of the first plate is of such a diameter as to receive the closure leg of the hasp and to engage the curved portion thereof to limit the extent to which such hasp may be inserted. The respective hasps are formed with guard plates projecting laterally thereof to, when such hasps are mounted on respective parts to be locked together, restrict access to such shackle by tampering tools such as bolt cutters, hacksaws and the like.

Abstract: A padlock cover molded in one rigid piece and open at the back. The cover has a cylindrical inner wall for holding the body of a padlock, an outer side wall spaced laterally outward from the inner wall, and a front wall extending from the outer side wall laterally inward to the inner wall and slightly past it at the top. At the top on one side the inner wall and the outer side wall have vertically aligned openings for passing one leg of the usual inverted U-shaped shackle of the padlock. At the top on the opposite side the inner wall and the outer side wall have vertically aligned slots which are open at the back to pass the opposite leg of the padlock shackle.

Abstract: A door for a trailer, container, garage or similar structure carries a vertically movable elongated rod adjacent its free end. A plurality of pins are pivotally mounted on the rod and are adapted to move into locking apertures located on the structure as the rod moves downwardly into its door locking position. The rod can be moved upwardly and downwardly by a manually operable handle which is accessible from the exterior of the door. The door is also provided with a recess within which is located a key lock mechanism for locking the rod in the downward position. The key lock mechanism includes a vertically aligned keyhole which is accessible only through the recess thereby making access to the keyhole by a screw-driver or the like difficult.

Abstract: Keysafe having a main storage case of spaced apart opposing walls in which is affixed a padlock with its shackle extending through the top wall of the case and with the padlock opening for receiving the free end of the shackle oriented towards the front of the case, and a lid for covering the front part of the case that is locked closed when the free end of the padlock shackle is locked in place.

Abstract: A lock guard to prevent picking of locks by thieves, which guard is particularly useful for mailboxes subject to weather and vending machines which store money. The guard is essentially a rectangular box having a side opening for insertion of the padlock and a pair of slots at right angles to each other, one slot below the side opening and the other at right angles on the front portion of the box. By clipping a key to a lever and inserting it in the first mentioned slot and then rotating it in the last mentioned slot the padlock may be unlocked.

Abstract: The assembly includes a lock with top hasp and botton keyhole and a flexible, resilient, stretchable covering forming a protective closed casing around the main body of the lock and up through which the hasp protrudes. The casing extends below the lock body and includes a bottom normally closed slit automatically openable by squeezing opposed sides of the lower portion of the casing toward each other at opposite ends of the slit, in order to permit a key to be inserted in the keyhole. The area around the slit can have diverging moisture diverting lips or a single protective overlying lip. Dessicant may be disposed in containers in the casing and the top of the casing can have upstanding collars which tightly grip the hasp. A slot covered with a flap may extend therebetween for removal of the lock from the casing. The casing can be made from natural or synthetic elastomer such as polyurethane capable of retaining its flexibility over a wide temperature range.

Abstract: A locking device for connecting a first structure to a second structure has a lock body receptacle attaching to one of the structures. The lock body receptacle has a hollow interior and includes an opening allowing the insertion of a padlock type lock body into the interior of the receptacle. The face of the receptacle which overlaps the top of the padlock type lock body includes a first and second openings which are positioned so as to align with the corresponding two openings in the top of the padlock type lock body. The opposite face of the receptacle includes an opening allowing for access to the keyway of the padlock type lock body. A shank support member is connected to the other structure. The shank support member includes at least one shank which is positioned in a location on the support member so as pass through one of the openings in the lock body receptacle and into the appropriate opening in the top of the padlock type lock body to lock the shank to the padlock type lock body.

Abstract: A protective device for padlocks applied to interlock relatively shiftable members to which cooperating releasably interfitting retainer parts are anchored, which retainer parts are respectively shaped when interfitting to define a recess to receive the shackle of a padlock which engages and interlocks said interfitting retainer parts and is protected by said parts from unauthorized release by cutting of said shackle.

Abstract: A padlock cover molded in one rigid piece and open at the back. The cover has a cylindrical inner wall for holding the body of a padlock, an outer side wall spaced laterally outward from the inner wall, and a front wall extending from the outer side wall laterally inward to the inner wall and slightly past it at the top. At the top on one side the inner wall and the outer side wall have vertically aligned openings for passing one leg of the usual inverted U-shaped shackle of the padlock. At the top on the opposite side the inner wall and the outer side wall have vertically aligned slots which are open at the back to pass the opposite leg of the padlock shackle.

Abstract: A molded plastic cover for a padlock. The cover has an annular side wall adapted to snugly surround the padlock body and having slots which are open at one end to pass the opposite legs of an inverted U-shaped shackle on the padlock. At the opposite end the cover has an annular lip which projects radially inward to engage the corresponding end of the padlock body.

Abstract: This security device is designed for padlocks, so as to prevent their shackle members from being cut by a bolt cutter or a hacksaw. Primarily, it consists of a main body, which nestles the padlock, and which leaves no room for the operation of a bolt cutter or hacksaw to remove it from the assembly. The assembly further includes a strap for engaging with whatever is to be locked, and it includes a clevis pin for retaining the assembly together, in combination with the lock.

Abstract: A device for protecting the navigational instruments and radio equipment mounted on an instrument panel in the cockpit of an aircraft against theft. The device includes a protective cover mounted immediately adjacent the instrument panel and means for locking the potective cover to the control column of the aircraft in a manner such that the aircraft controls will not be damaged in the event that the protective cover is tampered with.

Abstract: A shielded lock assembly suitable for joining first and second members together comprises in combination a shackle-bearing element having a body portion and a shackle carried thereby, and a lock body having a keyhole and having a shackle-receiving aperture opening in a given direction and adapted to receive and releasably retain the shackle therein. A housing is adapted to be secured to the first member, said housing defining an enclosure adapted to receive the lock body and having access openings communicating with the aperture and the keyhole, respectively. Means are operatively connected to the housing and engageable with the lock body for retaining the lock body in the enclosure.

Abstract: The cash box of a vending machine is protected by a heavy steel door or pair of doors which are locked across the front of the juke box covering the cash box, the door or doors being mounted on a framework consisting of steel straps which wrap around the back, and preferably the top and bottom as well, of the vending machine and interlock in such a way that they can be installed without screws, bolts or other fastening structure and will positively be locked into place when the barrier door or doors are closed. This configuration eliminates the need to mount a barrier door onto the vending machine, which is somewhat time consuming and tricky due to the strength of the mounting that is required.

Abstract: The prevalent lockrods type rear-end closures for overland cargo carrying vehicles are exceedingly vulnerable to determined thievery. The high security locking assembly of the present invention is highly deterrent to thievery and comprises a hasp including a pair of J-shaped members respectively removably engaged with the two closure lockrods and having the apertured staple of the primary J-hook member cooperatively protruding through a slot of the secondary J-hook member. The two cooperating J-hook members are securely joinable with a padlock having its U-shaped bar passing through the protruding staple, and hence, protectively shrouded by the cooperating J-shaped members. When the lateral spacing of the lockrods is relatively close, the locking assembly prevents closure play as additional deterrent to thievery. The locking assembly will also accommodate relatively distant spacing of the lockrods and even if the two closure doors include a rearwardly protruding upright rib.

Abstract: For locking an object to a stationary structure, a securing device comprising an ordinary padlock, a C-shaped housing embracing the body of the padlock, the top of the housing being apertured to receive the shackle of the padlock, and fastening means to hold the housing to the structure.

Abstract: A protective enclosure for a padlock so as to preclude line-of-sight access to the padlock. The enclosure comprises a box shaped housing which includes an access opening formed in one wall and a shackle opening formed diagonally opposite the access opening in another wall of the housing. A rigid inner partition protrudes perpendicularly from the wall in which the access opening is formed, so as to block the line of sight between the access opening and the body portion of a padlock positioned with its shackle extending through the shackle opening.

Abstract: A lock system for a container, such as a tool box or a storage cabinet which is locked by a padlock. Structure within the container mounts the padlock within the container with only a key insertion end of the padlock body exposed for access thereto. A bracket holds the shackle against movement and the padlock body is supported for movement between locked and unlocked relation with the shackle. A pivoted lock bracket associated with a movable closure for the container is positionable within the shackle when the container is closed for movement into engagement with the shackle by the padlock body as the latter is advanced for locking of the padlock.

Abstract: A spare tire bracket lock is provided to prevent the theft of a spare tire from a pick-up truck or a similar vehicle of the type wherein the spare tire is stored beneath the undercarriage of the vehicle. The spare tire is supported by an elongated mounting bracket, which bracket is in turn supported by a pair of bolts secured to the undercarriage of the vehicle. A nut engages the lower portion of one of the bolts for removably securing the bracket thereto. The nut includes a flange having an eye for receiving the shackle of a padlock. The spare tire bracket lock includes a lipped portion which is slid over one edge of the bracket, the flange of the nut being simultaneously slid through a slot in the spare tire bracket lock. Positioned adjacent opposite faces of the flange are locking members having holes aligned with the eye of the flange for allowing the shackle of a padlock to be simultaneously passed through the holes in the locking members and the eye of the flange.

Abstract: A security lock nut assembly for padlocks is provided which effectively prevents prying off or cutting of the padlock during use thereof. The assembly preferably includes a T-shaped padlock-engaging keeper nut having a bored main shaft, and a complemental screw secured to and extending from a support surface adjacent the padlock. In use, the keeper is positioned for engagement with a closed padlock, with the keeper shaft extending throuh the region defined by the padlock shackle and base and connected to the bolt. In this manner the padlock is held in place adjacent the support surface to restrict access to the padlock and thus prevent prying or cutting thereof. The transverse, padlock-engaging section of the keeper is sized to pass between the shackle and base only when the padlock is opened, and the keeper shaft is configured relative to the shackle to preclude rotation of the keeper when the padlock is locked in place.

Abstract: An article of manufacture to eliminate ease of destruction of a slotted hasp and/or staple combination utilized to lock a door, secured together by a padlock, whereby unauthorized entry is prevented. The inventive subject matter includes a pair of spaced rigid members in secured relationship to each other, with each having an aperture placeable in contiguity and alignment with the pocket or cavity of the staple which displaces the void or spacing between the secured members. One species of the invention includes a horizontally-disposed segment at its rear end and which maintains in spaced position the members to each other, the members terminating at their other ends or faces in an open manner in order for a slip-on connection to the staple after the hasp's slot is in placed or closed upon the staple. With such connection, the rear end abuts the staple's bow while the configuration of the guard's faces at its open end cooperates with the form of the hasp.

Abstract: A high security hasp-enshrouding lock for securing together a pair of companion locking bars having adjacent apertured hasp portions projecting outwardly in parallel abutment, the lock having a lock body providing with a rearwardly opening cavity to receive the alined abutting hasp portions therein shielded over most of their extent by the lock body and having a shackle bar on a pivoted shackle lever movable transversely through the cavity and hasp apertures to lock the hasp portions against withdrawal. The locking mechanism within the lock body includes a pivoted hasp clamping member along one side of the cavity having a rear portion projecting from the lock body to intercept wedge type attack tools during attempts to wedge the lock from the schackle and having a contact surface defining a side portion of the cavity.

Abstract: A locking device for a bicycle employs a large diameter flexible steel cable such as a 7/16 inch diameter cable. A storage reel for the cable is hinged to the bike frame and sized to contain loops of the cable when not in use. The storage reel desirably fits partially within the outline of the bicycle frame between the bicycle seat and the steering column to minimize interference with the use of the bicycle. One end of the cable is secured to the reel and the free end can be wrapped around a structure to prevent theft of the bicycle and then inserted in a socket mounted on the bicycle fork. A plug on the end of the cable interfits in the socket and registrable apertures on the tube socket and the plug enable a padlock shackle to be inserted through the apertures to secure the free end of the cable to the bicycle.

Abstract: A locking device composed of two strips of metal bent into specific configurations, and a U-shaped baffle, to provide a tamper-proof assembly when emplaced on a lidded container. A first strip is fixed to the container by a concealed screw within the container. The second strip overlies the lid and includes a portion superposed over a portion of the one strip. The baffle is fixed to the second strip. The aforesaid portions of the strips are provided with registered holes through which the shackle of a padlock is threaded to lock the assemblage in place and prevent the opening of the lid. The baffle is couplable to the first strip and inhibits relative rotation of the strips about the common axis of the holes. The invention is applicable for locking any lidded boxes or containers, e.g. electric meter wiring cabinets, to prevent the tampering with elements within the box such as service wires interposing an electric meter between power lines and house lines.

Abstract: A locking assembly incorporating a padlock wherein the shackle of the padlock is housed within a rigid protective enclosure when the assembly is locked. The locking assembly includes barrel and bolt members which engage the components to be locked and which members include apertures therein which are located adjacent to each other such that the shackle of the padlock can pass therethrough. The protective enclosure or barrel has an elongated, "double-S" configuration with a central portion thereof forming a barrel-like member. The shackle of the lock passes through the apertures in the barrel and bolt members whereby the lock engages and retains the bolt member while the shackle of the lock is substantially surrounded by the barrel member.

Abstract: A padlock is disclosed having an outer case preferably of hardened steel and having no shackle or bow which can be sawed or broken off. The case has an opening for insertion of a staple and has a slide bolt which extends through the opening to engage the staple. The slide bolt is secured by a locking means which includes a lock sleeve located within a cylindrical bore in the case, the sleeve being movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The slide bolt is attached to the sleeve and extends through the opening when the sleeve is in the locked position. The lock sleeve has a retractable locking member projecting from a hole in the wall of the sleeve. The locking member is capable of fitting within an indentation in the interior bore wall when in the locked position to hold the sleeve in the locked position and capable of retracting into the hole to free the sleeve when in the unlocked position. A lock cylinder is fixedly mounted within the shell.

Abstract: A high security lock to secure the eyes of a hasp and keeper. The lock is of a short cylindrical shape with a rear cavity to receive and enclose the hasp and keeper eyes, and contains a locking bolt to engage such eyes.The lock and the hasp and keeper assembly interact to give high security. The lock encloses and closely embraces the eyes of the hasp and keeper and lies close against the pads of the hasp and keeper. Shroud plates overlying the pads closely surround the rear edge of the lock. The shrouds and plates of the hasp meet those of the keeper at a separation plane offset from that of the eyes and of the door and its jamb.

Abstract: This invention relates to padlocks. The padlock comprises a plurality of superimposed metal plates arranged one on top of the other and bolted together. A decorative bumper band surrounds a group of said plates spaced from the lowermost and uppermost of said plurality of plates. The end plates of said group of plates are formed with projections received in notches at the upper and lower perimetric edges of the band to hold the band in place.