Patents by Inventor Lea Marie Plato

Lea Marie Plato has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10648196
    Abstract: A lock assembly includes a lock body and a U-shaped shackle having a curved portion extending between first and second legs receivable in first and second shackle apertures in an upper portion of the lockbox body. The shackle has a guard wall affixed to an interior surface of the curved portion, the guard wall defining an interior arcuate wall surface extending forward and rearward from a central plane bisecting the shackle. The upper portion of the lock body includes first and second protruding projections at least partially surrounding the first and second shackle apertures and defining first and second upwardly diverging interior surfaces laterally aligned with the curved portion of the shackle. The lock body includes a latching mechanism configured to secure the shackle in a plurality of latched positions to adjust a distance between the first and second upwardly diverging interior surfaces and the curved portion of the shackle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: MASTER LOCK COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Michael Neau, Glen Walter Brown, Lea Marie Plato
  • Publication number: 20190234113
    Abstract: A lock assembly includes a lock body and a U-shaped shackle having a curved portion extending between first and second legs receivable in first and second shackle apertures in an upper portion of the lockbox body. The shackle has a guard wall affixed to an interior surface of the curved portion, the guard wall defining an interior arcuate wall surface extending forward and rearward from a central plane bisecting the shackle. The upper portion of the lock body includes first and second protruding projections at least partially surrounding the first and second shackle apertures and defining first and second upwardly diverging interior surfaces laterally aligned with the curved portion of the shackle. The lock body includes a latching mechanism configured to secure the shackle in a plurality of latched positions to adjust a distance between the first and second upwardly diverging interior surfaces and the curved portion of the shackle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Neau, Glen Walter Brown, Lea Marie Plato
  • Publication number: 20130264128
    Abstract: A luggage lock includes a key cylinder for use by, e.g., the transportation security administration (TSA). The luggage lock also includes a digital keypad for unlocking the lock by a primary user. The luggage lock further includes a scale for weighing luggage and a user interface element (e.g., an LED, a LCD display) for indicating the weight of the luggage determined by the scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: MASTER LOCK COMPANY
    Inventors: Lea Marie Plato, Cris Smyczek
  • Patent number: D646552
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Lea Marie Plato
  • Patent number: D646952
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Lea Marie Plato, Dean A. Paulson
  • Patent number: D652707
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Lea Marie Plato, Dean A. Paulson
  • Patent number: D660130
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Lea Marie Plato
  • Patent number: D664024
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Lea Marie Plato
  • Patent number: D671389
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Lea Marie Plato
  • Patent number: D691869
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Master Lock Company
    Inventor: Lea Marie Plato
  • Patent number: D701106
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Lea Marie Plato
  • Patent number: D703024
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Dean A. Paulson, Scott B. Stevens, Lea Marie Plato
  • Patent number: D704032
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Lea Marie Plato
  • Patent number: D720203
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Lea Marie Plato
  • Patent number: D720600
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Dean A Paulson, Scott B. Stevens, Lea Marie Plato
  • Patent number: D720601
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Dean A Paulson, Scott B. Stevens, Lea Marie Plato
  • Patent number: D720602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Dean A Paulson, Scott B. Stevens, Lea Marie Plato
  • Patent number: D720983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Dean A Paulson, Scott B. Stevens, Lea Marie Plato
  • Patent number: D725458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Lea Marie Plato
  • Patent number: D760576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Lea Marie Plato