Patents Assigned to George K. C. Hardesty
  • Patent number: 4194379
    Abstract: A pick-proof lock of the cylinder type primarily intended for use in doors, which includes a locking collar or sleeve slidably mounted around a portion of the cylinder plug and which contains a notch to receive a spring pressed pin which is contained in the cylindrical shell of the lock. The collar or sleeve is slidably and rotatively received in the shell and spring pressed for engagement of its notch with the pin, whereby rotation of the plug within the shell can only be accomplished to effect unlocking of the lock when the spring urged locking collar has been displaced rearwardly of the lock from a projected locking position to a retracted unlocking position. Since the locking collar and the pin which locks said collar to the shell do not communicate with the keyway of the plug, tools and other instruments normally used for picking locks are ineffective in picking the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1980
    Assignee: George K. C. Hardesty
    Inventor: Harry E. Dice, Sr.
  • Patent number: RE31791
    Abstract: A pick-proof lock of the cylinder type primarily intended for use in doors, which includes a locking collar or sleeve slidably mounted around a portion of the cylinder plug and which contains a notch to receive a spring pressed pin which is contained in the cylindrical shell of the lock. The collar or sleeve is slidably and rotatively received in the shell and spring pressed for engagement of its notch with the pin, whereby rotation of the plug within the shell can only be accomplished to effect unlocking of the lock when the spring urged locking collar has been displaced rearwardly of the lock from a projected locking position to a retracted unlocking position. Since the locking collar and the pin which locks said collar to the shell do not communicate with the keyway of the plug, tools and other instruments normally used for picking locks are ineffective in picking the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1985
    Assignee: George K. C. Hardesty
    Inventor: Harry E. Dice, Sr.