Patents Examined by Suzanne Barrett
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Patent number: 9689180Abstract: A locking device for car wheels is disclosed to prevent unauthorized removal of the wheels. The device includes a locking unit that allows covering of special bolt heads by covering wings. The locking module can be further covered with a covering plate. The system provides multiple layers of protection to the wheels and considerably lengthens the time required to remove the wheel without proper keys.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Rimgard Sweden ABInventor: Lars Ivarsson
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Patent number: 9683388Abstract: An exemplary lock re-pinning fixture includes a first housing releasably joined with a second housing, and a follower bar positioned at least partially in the second housing. The follower bar may be structured for a plurality of orientations within the housings, and may be biased toward the first housing. The first housing may be configured to receive a lock cylinder such that the plug of the cylinder is aligned with the follower bar. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application shall become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: James D. Ohl, Peter Malenkovic, Raymond H. Lammers
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Patent number: 9677301Abstract: A locking cover for existing subgrade vault openings. The cover is installed with mounting brackets on side walls of construction vaults and secured with locking latch components secured against flange portions of the mounting brackets.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Inventors: Haskel Zeloof, Thomas Vanderpool
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Patent number: 9669888Abstract: A bicycle lock includes a housing having a retractable spool positioned therein, a flexible cable releasably wound about the retractable spool and partially exposed exterior of the housing, a fastener attached to the flexible cable and located exterior of the housing, and a locking mechanism located at the housing and selectively engaged with the fastener and the retractable spool. Advantageously, when the fastener is inserted into the locking mechanism and the locking mechanism is disposed at a first position, the flexible cable has a fixed longitudinal length. Advantageously, when the fastener is removed from the locking mechanism and the locking mechanism is disposed at a second position, the flexible cable has an adjustable longitudinal length. Notably, the first position is a locked position, and the second position is an unlocked position.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2016Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Inventor: Gregory Singleton
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Patent number: 9672672Abstract: A keyless padlock having a padlock body, a shackle, a locking mechanism located in the body and associated with the shackle to lock the shackle to the body in a locked condition and to release at least a part of the shackle in an unlocked condition, the locking mechanism including a signal receiver, at least one control assembly and at least one actuator, the locking mechanism being unlocked upon verification of a signal including an unlock code transmitted by a mobile computing device.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Dog & Bone Holdings Pty Ltd.Inventor: Lee Brett Ranchod
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Patent number: 9670693Abstract: A lock assembly includes a lock housing with an annular wall separating an end wall and a face. A core is received in an opening disposed in the face. The core defines a keyway disposed in rotational engagement with an end portion for actuating the lock assembly between locked and unlocked positions. A drive member is rotationally interconnected with the end wall of the housing. The drive member is disposed in driven engagement with the end portion of the core. An adapter defines a generally X-shaped slot and is fixedly attached to the end portion. A tail piece is received by the slot. The tail piece defines an elongated substantially flat appendage including a proximal end retained in the adapter and a distal end extending outwardly from the adapter. The proximal end is twisted relative to the distal end between generally 40 and 50 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: GDRM LLCInventors: Eugene A. Degre, Robert M. Massard
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Patent number: 9663975Abstract: A portable, flexible lock is disclosed with a cut-resistant strap formed of a durable and flexible outer portion and that defines a chamber for receiving a second durable, flexible inner portion therein. The inner portion floats freely side-to-side within the chamber thereby making the inner portion more difficult to cut. In a disclosed embodiment, the outer portion is formed of woven KEVLAR and the inner portion is a stainless steel cable. The lock may include a housing assembly that holds one end of the strap while a synching device, such as a pivoting cam or the like, detachably secures a portion of the opposite end of the strap thereto when the synching device in a locked position. A lock structure holds the synching device in its locked position. One or more tools may be detachably secured to the housing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey B. Castro, Richard Jeremy Hadden
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Patent number: 9657500Abstract: An electronic-mechanical dual control lock includes an electronic control mechanism, a mechanical control mechanism, a half gear, a cam, a rotary plug, and a rotary tongue. The electronic control mechanism includes an electronic actuating part and an engaging groove gear. The electronic actuating part is meshed with the engaging groove gear. A bottom surface of the engaging groove gear is fit with a bottom surface of the cam. The mechanical control mechanism includes a mechanical actuating part and the half gear. The mechanical actuating part is meshed with the half gear. The cam is driven by the engaging groove gear and the half gear separately and independently. The rotary plug includes a rotary shaft and a plug body. The rotary shaft is arranged at one end of the plug body and is engaged in the cam. The plug body is a cylinder provided at a side thereof with a groove.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: NANJING EASTHOUSE ELECTRICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Hao Min
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Patent number: 9650813Abstract: The anti-theft cable and adaptor ring sets mainly contains a wire, at least an adaptor having a linking element threaded through by the wire, an end connector joining the wire's two ends and turning the wire into a ring, and a protection member housing the end connector. As such various types of adaptors are chained by the anti-theft wire so as to prevent them from being stolen.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: WEALLEYS TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Li-Chen Liu
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Patent number: 9644396Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to a locker bay system. Specifically, in some embodiments the locker bay includes a catch loop coupled to the locker door and a locking mechanism that releaseably secures the catch loop to lock and unlock the locker bay. The locking mechanism, in some embodiments, includes a lock bar that pulls and pushes the catch loop in and out of the lock bar to lock and unlock the locker bay.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Kiosk Information Systems, Inc.Inventors: Roger H. Grow, Richard L. Malone, Charles Newsom, Wayne R. Hemzacek
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Patent number: 9631419Abstract: A door barricade is provided. The door barricade includes a metal plate having a substantially planar inside surface and outside surface. The metal plate includes at least one receiving flange protruding from at least one of the inside surface and the outside surface. A sign with indicia is releasably retained within the receiving flange. The metal plate is secured to a door, thereby preventing burglars from entering.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Inventor: Alan Wayne Hartley
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Patent number: 9631399Abstract: A very small and efficiently compact electronic cam lock has a motor-driven worm drive lock/unlock actuator that moves a blocking pin to block or to allow unlocking rotation of a locking cam of the device. A spring in the actuator provides for the actuator to move to the locking position while the cam is still in the unlocked position, but to spring into the locking position when the cam is moved back to the locking position. The lock housing includes a threaded bore for a mounting machine screw, strategically placed within the limited space of the lock mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Digilock Asia Ltd.Inventors: An Zhang, Asil T. Gokcebay
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Patent number: 9624711Abstract: A personal security apparatus to house weapons, valuables, and/or items requiring concealment includes a lockable insert mechanism to securely house items and at least one receiving apparatus adapted to mount the insert mechanism into or onto various structures and a lockable access door that provides convenient, rapid access to the items contained in the personal security apparatus and further prevents access by unauthorized persons.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Inventor: Craig D. McAlexander
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Patent number: 9623838Abstract: A releasable vehicular boot coupled to a vehicle's tire is designed to immobilize the tire. The vehicular boot includes a triangular sheet having a hole situated proximate the first corner of the sheet, a first chain having a first end coupled to the second corner of the triangular sheet and a second end coupled to the third corner of the triangular sheet to create a loop in the first chain, and a second chain having a first end slidably mounted to the first chain. The loop in the first chain is disposed around the tire. The second chain is disposed through a suspension component of the vehicle and the hole in the triangular sheet. The second end of the second chain is coupled to a locking mechanism to prevent a detachment of the second chain from the hole in the triangular sheet.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Inventor: Joel Benjamin Perri
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Patent number: 9624697Abstract: A portable electronic device requiring securing against theft, includes a cavity with an opening thereinto. The opening is accessible at an exterior of the device, and defined by an upper edge, a juxtaposed lower edge, and a pair of juxtaposed side edges. The cavity is defined by an upper wall, a juxtaposed lower wall, and juxtaposed side walls, the side walls being angled relative to each other with a separation distance between them gradually increasing in a direction into said cavity, away from said opening into said cavity, whereby a planar cross section through the cavity that bisects both side walls has a trapezoidal shape. The lock opening has a size and shape slightly larger than the cross-sectional size of the forward section of a locking element and an interior larger in cross-sectional size than at the opening of the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Inventor: Meir Avganim
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Patent number: 9624696Abstract: An exemplary locking cartridge includes a generally cylindrical housing, first and second plates, and a sliding member. The plates are rotatable with respect to the housing, and at least one of the plates is movable in the axial direction of the housing. The housing and the movable plate include cam surfaces that interact to cause the movable plate to move toward the other plate when the movable plate is rotated. The sliding member is slidingly coupled to one of the plates and operable in a blocked state in which the sliding member resists axial motion of the movable plate, and an unblocked state in which the sliding member does not resist axial motion of the movable plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: Jason Curtis Clifford, Evan Earl Evans
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Patent number: 9618134Abstract: The present invention provides a lockout device and system that can be attached directly to open piping undergoing maintenance or repair and that can be directly under the supervision of the individual that is performing the maintenance.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Production And Process Technologies Of Florida IncInventor: Joseph O'Brien
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Patent number: 9611678Abstract: A latch assembly is provided that includes a housing, a release mechanism and a latch mechanism. The release mechanism includes a handle. Movement of the handle from a retracted position towards an extended position relative to the housing is operable to cause the latch mechanism to change from a latched condition to an unlatched condition. When the latch mechanism changes from an unlatched condition to the latched condition, the latch mechanism is operable to cause the release mechanism to cause the handle to move to the retracted position. When the latch mechanism is in the unlatched condition, the latch mechanism maintains the release mechanism in a configuration that maintains the handle away from the retracted position and provides a visual indication that the latch mechanism is in the unlatched condition.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: THE EASTERN COMPANYInventors: Lee S. Weinerman, Scott Arthurs
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Patent number: 9605447Abstract: A cylinder locking device is provided in which an inner cylinder is pivotably inserted into a cylinder body, a protector is disposed opposite a rear end of the inner cylinder along an insertion direction of a mechanical key, the protector enabling the mechanical key to be inserted toward the inner cylinder, and a coil-shaped spring is provided between the protector and the inner cylinder or the cylinder body, wherein the spring is formed so as to have a coil portion that extends in the axial direction of the inner cylinder and a bent portion that is bent from at least one end part of the coil portion toward an interior of the coil portion in a direction along an axis of the inner cylinder. This enables deformation of a coil-shaped spring to be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Honda LockInventor: Hitoshi Yano
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Patent number: 9605453Abstract: In a lockable door system, the combination comprising a door locking first assembly installable in a door for control of operable use to lock or unlock the door, an upper assembly including a locking plunger, and to guide plunger travel upwardly at door top level into locking and unlocking position, an actuator assembly including a rotor rotatable by handle or push bar to control door locking and unlocking, and connecting the rotor with the plunger, and door edge sealing structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Syntegra LLCInventors: Alan K. Uyeda, Michael Wayne Phillips