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 spare tire locking device for truck-trailer wheels and the like vehicles and for use in association with a conventional tire carrier mounted on the underside of the vehicle, comprising a generally gull-shaped member having a pair of upper and outwardly extending horizontal arms adapted to overlie the rim portion only of the wheel, a lower flat central portion connecting with the inner ends of the horizontal arms through a pair of upright members, a stud projecting downwardly from each horizontal arm, the studs being receivable in diametrically opposite bolt holes in the rim for bolting the gull-shaped member against the rim with the central portion and upright member being received in the pre-existing central opening in the rim, a hollow cylinder attached to the upper surface of the flat central portion, a smaller cylindrical tube attached to the upperside of the flat central portion in concentric relation with the cylinder and communicating with the cylinder through a hole in the central portion, and a T-b

Abstract: A padlock cover with storage compartment, having a first portion which covers the case of a conventional padlock, this first portion having a pair of openings for passing the legs of the padlock shackle. The cover has a second portion having spaced apart walls that define a storage compartment, with an access opening in one wall. A flexible, resilient, elongated lid member is mounted in guide means such that it has a closed position in which one end portion covers the storage compartment opening and the other end abuts the releasably locked leg of the shackle to hold the lid closed; and the lid member being slidable to an open position in which the compartment opening is uncovered when the shackle leg is released from the padlock case thereby unobstructing further guided movement of the lid.

Abstract: A device for protecting a padlock from tampering. The device consists of two separate plate sections which wrap around respective posts of a gate to be padlocked and are secured onto the posts via nut and bolt assemblies. Extending outwardly on the front of each plate section is a semicircular shield which, when the two plates are brought together, will meet the shield on the companion plate and encircle the padlock. On the back side of one plate section is a housing which is also secured to the plate section via a nut and bolt assembly and which receives the shackle of a padlock. To lock the gate (or other similar opening), the padlock shackle is passed through an opening in the plate section, into the housing, and through an opening in the companion plate section. An alternative form of the invention utilizes hinged latch plates secured to the flat portion of a solid door instead of the plate sections of the former embodiment.

Abstract: A self protecting hasp for use with a padlock includes a standard eye attached to an eye plate. Further it includes a latch which has a flap which is hinged to an appropriate hinge plate. The flap includes a slot which allows for positioning of the flap onto the eye. The self protecting hasps of the invention include an inhibiting member which fits over at least that portion of the flap wherein the slot is located. The inhibiting member prevents access to the slot and the eye projecting thereto and any padlock locked through the eye. Further a latch eye can connect to the cover member and project towards the slot whereby it will lay adjacent to the eye. This allows the latch eye to also be engaged by a shank of a padlock which is passed through the eye. This fixedly secures the cover member over the flap to prevent prying and other forceful unauthorized access to the area of the hasp beneath the cover member.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, an anchor assembly is described for use in association with double- and single-keeper padlocks that substantially strengthens such padlocks to withstand prying leverage moments applied at the crown of the shackle. Such padlocks have an upper registry surface through which a shackle disconnectably connects to define locking and unlocking positions.

Abstract: A cover is provided for attachment to a padlock of the type having a body portion, an inverted, U-shaped shackle with a pair of opposed legs which extends from said body portion and locking mechanism for locking and unlocking the padlock.The cover, includes front and rear portions, and retaining means adapted to prevent movement of the body portion of the padlock within the cover in a first plane defined by the shackle. The retaining means comprise an inner wall portion surrounding the body portion of the padlock and which is adapted to receive and capture the body portion of the padlock therein. Securing means are further provided to prevent movement of the body portion of the padlock within said cover in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane.

Abstract: A lock is provided for use on outdoor gate structures. The lock is of rugged, durable construction, intended to resist malfunction due to weather factors, and amenable to repair and change of keys. The lock is comprised of a sturdy metal housing having a bolt that moves between front and rear extremities of the housing in sliding engagement with front and rear apertured transverse walls. A padlock fits within the rear extremity of the housing, and its presence prevents rearward movement of the bolt to the opened state of the lock.

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 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 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 protective visor for an automobile door handle in an outer door panel is provided and consists of a hood member secured to the outer door panel over the door handle so that the hood member will act to shed rain, hail and snow and consequently protect the door handle from all inclement weather and still allow access to operate the door handle. In a modified form the hood member is adjustably extendable to house various sizes of the door handle and includes a hinged flap portion that can flip up for access to operate a keylock.

Abstract: A padlock of the kind having a body and a U-shaped shackle which projects above an upper end surface of the body. The shackle has a captured leg which is retained against separation from the body but which can move relative to the body to allow the shackle to adopt a locked or a released condition. Another leg of the shackle has an end portion which is located within the body and is clear of the body respectively in the locked and released conditions of the padlock. A shroud is formed integral with the body and extends upwards from the body upper end surface so as to completely protect the front of the shackle under both the locked and released conditions. The shroud has a rearwardly opening cavity which substantially contains the shackle when in the locked condition so that the shackle is exposed only at the rear of the padlock. The rear of the padlock is substantially flat, whereas the front has a convex curvature.

Abstract: A sliding bolt with stationary safety cover for mounting on a door and for locking with a padlock having a bale portion and including the following structure. A back plate for mounting on the door. An upper pair of flange members extending outwardly from the back plate and with each upper flange member including a first opening. A sliding bolt passing through and guided by the first openings in the upper pair of flange members. A lower pair of flange members extending outwardly from the back plate and with each lower flange member including a second opening for receiving the bale portion of the padlock. A handle and locking member attached to the sliding bolt and including a first upwardly extending portion forming a handle for sliding the bolt within the first openings in the upper pair of flange members and including a second downwardly extending portion located between the lower pair of flange members.

Abstract: In a building equipped with an outward swinging security door of the type having a double cylinder mortise type key lock mounted in a grille type metal structure characterized by an assembly of interconnected welded rod-like members with spaces therebetween, a means is provided which is immediately available to occupants of the building for locking and unlocking the security door when a corresponding inward swinging prime outer door of the building, spaced away from and rearward of the security door, is opened and is out of view of and inaccessible when the prime door is closed to persons attempting to unlawfully enter the building. The means which is immediately available to occupants for locking and unlocking the security door comprises a rearward opening tubular housing attached to the rearward portion of the security door and a key inside of the housing engaging the rearmost cylinder of the lock.

Abstract: A locking device is used to lock a closure, such as a garage or metal door and includes a housing to receive a padlock. The housing is configured to obstruct access to the padlock shackle so that it cannot be cut with bolt cutters. The housing also includes a pair of aligned openings which allow a shackle of a second padlock to be passed through the housing to prevent unlocking movement of the first padlock. In one embodiment of the invention, the locking device includes a bolt mechanism on the inside of the housing which is generally hook-shaped and positioned to abut a locked padlock supported on the inside of the housing. When the padlock is unlocked, the padlock body moves out of the way of one end of the hook-shaped structure thereby allowing the bolt to be retracted to an unlocked position.

Abstract: A security cover for a padlock securing a door lock or the like comprises a first part for mounting on the door or door frame and a second part hinged to the first part so as to be moveable into a closed position covering the lock and at least the shackle part of the padlock, to restrict burglars from cutting through the shackle with bolt cutters. The second part has a suitable eye member or device mounted on its inner face for co-operation with the door lock in its closed position so that it can be locked closed by the padlock at the same time as the door is locked. The security cover may itself form the hasp of a door lock or may be completely separate from the lock.

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: Each side of a door opening, e.g., a hinged door and a jamb, or two sliding doors, is provided with a protective hasp for a lock body and shackle of a lock. Each half of the hasp is so formed that, when mated, as on joining of the doors or closing of the doors, provisions are made for insertion of a lock body into the protective hasp, and insertion of a shackle through the hasp and the lock body to lock the closure.

Abstract: A shielded lock assembly for a padlock for securing a pair of closure members and comprising a staple secured to one closure member and a hasp secured to the other closure member. The hasp has a back plate for securing the hasp to the closure member and a front plate hingedly connected to the back plate for movement to a closed position in which the front plate overlies the staple, the front plate having a slot for receiving the loop portion of the staple and a tubular shield which circumscribes the slot and extends outwardly from the front plate at an angle to an open end which allows the insertion of a human hand into the shield for application of a padlock to the staple to secure the hasp in the closed position and to permit subsequent unlocking of the padlock.

Abstract: An automobile seat belt includes a latch tongue fixed to one belt segment and having a latching aperture, and a latch housing fixed to the other belt segment, having a recess and opening at its distal end to receive the latch tongue. The tongue is automatically latched within the housing by insertion; and the tongue is released by depressing a release button through an opening in the top face of the latch housing. To render the seat belt child proof, a safety sleeve is slipped over the latch housing, the sleeve having one end partially closed to pass the latch tongue and the sleeve having a limited access opening in one face to overlie the release button. The sleeve is retained in enclosing position on the housing by the latch tongue. The limited access opening may be a small opening only large enough to pass the tip of the ignition key to depress the release button and unfasten the belt.

Abstract: A locking device to prevent unauthorized opening of a winged gas stop used to control the flow of gas to a residence from the lines of a utility company is disclosed. The device comprises a shroud which is shaped to fit snugly over the two wings of the gas stop when the gas stop is in a closed position and a barrel lock which is adapted to be inserted into the shroud and through holes in the wings to lock the wings in place and the shroud on the wings so that the wings cannot be moved relative to each other. The shroud includes a metal shell open at the bottom and at the rear, a thin metal sleeve, a metal locking plate and a metal end cap. The locking plate and end cap are both welded onto the rear of the shell and the sleeve is press fit into a hole in the front of the shell.

Abstract: Apparatus for deterring theft of trailers which utilize a tow ring having a central opening and upper and lower annular surfaces. The apparatus assumes the operational position when the upper surface of a base plate is positioned proximate to the lower surface of the tow ring and the lower surface of a top plate is positioned proximate to the upper surface of the tow ring. When assuming this operational position, a tongue integral with and upstanding from the base plate extends through the central opening of the tow ring and through an aperture formed in the top plate. The tongue has at least one hole located between its free end and the upper surface of the top plate to receive the shank of a padlock when the apparatus is in the operational position. A cover member is integral with the top member and overlies the free end of the tongue to protect the lock in its secured condition.

Abstract: A protection device of the type useful for preventing access to a padlock or small combination lock as well as serving as a container for keys, incorporates a first and second half which are joined together along a junction to form a united body. The united body has a closed bottom wall and a substantially circular circumferential wall as well as a top wall. Locking means are adapted to the body to secure the first and second halves together. The top wall includes an essentially elongated opening formed partly in one of the halves and formed in the remainder in the other half. The opening is sized and shaped to allow exposure of the shank of a padlock or combination lock from the body while retaining the body of the padlock or combination lock within the hollow interior of the united body as well as retaining a bulbus member attached to an exposed U-shaped member.

Abstract: A guard for protecting the shackle of a padlock used for locking a locking device in the engaged position comprises a U-shaped member having plate limbs, the shackle being received in the space between the limbs to be protected by the limbs against cutting by means of a tool such as a saw, a file or a bolt clipper.

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 security device for spare tires includes a housing including an opening for receiving a shackle portion of an associated padlock. Other openings are provided for receiving an associated member to be secured by the padlock. A shackle-securing member releasably secures the shackle within the housing.

Abstract: A storage cabinet having a body with front, rear and side walls extending upwardly from a bottom to define a storage space and having recessed handles mounted within recesses in the side walls and with preformed skid members secured to the underside of the bottom and adapted for attachment of casters. The particular storage cabinet disclosed additionally has a two-part cover with reinforcing members associated therewith to strengthen the cover and coact with the body components to render the storage cabinet more secure against theft.

Abstract: A locking mechanism for a horizontally swinging gate bar, for locking the end of the bar to a vertical post. The vertical post has a cap member threadedly mounted eccentrically thereon, said cap member having a cavity to receive the end of the gate bar. The cap member contains a locked linkage, one of whose links includes a locking projection engaging in a slot in the post, whereby to lock the cap member in a non-rotatably held condition lockingly receiving the end of the gate bar. The linkage includes pivotal connections formed by the shackles of padlocks. By removing at least one of the padlocks the linkage can be disconnected to allow withdrawal of the locking projection from the post slot, to thereby allow the cap member to be rotated sufficiently to enable the end of the gate bar to be swung out of the locking cavity. A stop member depending from the floor of the cavity cooperates with a horizontal lug in the post to prevent unscrewing of the cap member from the post.

Abstract: A security shield for protection of the shackle of a padlock makes use of a sheet of metal of relatively heavy gage which has one portion bent to a position where it overlies one side of the shackle when the shackle is in locked position on the body of the padlock making it difficult for an unauthorized person with an appropriate rod cutter or chisel to cut through the shackle and release the padlock. The shield is attached to the padlock itself, either permanently or temporarily, by use of a second portion of the sheet of metal bent to a suitable position where it is attached to and carried by the body of the padlock.

Abstract: A lock for securing an automobile storage battery from being stolen when the vehicle is left unattended, the lock consisting of a pair of vertical bars which at their lower ends are hook shaped so to anchor through a tray upon which the battery is placed, the bars being positioned adjacent opposite sides of the battery so to retain the battery therebetween, and a crossbolt extending across the top of the battery being padlocked within the upper ends of the vertical bars.

Abstract: A shielded lock assembly incorporating a body surrounding a deadbolt subassembly. The body renders more difficult access to the deadbolt subassembly in order to reduce the incidence of theft involving the prying, cutting, or other destruction of the deadbolt subassembly. In one embodiment of the invention the deadbolt subassembly is received within a retaining cage which is itself received within the body. Aperture means are provided in the body and the retaining cage which are adapted to receive at least one locking bracket or staple in locking alignment with the deadbolt.

Abstract: A shackle guard is provided for a padlock. The guard includes a housing having a cavity in one end. Reliefs are provided in the housing for receiving, into the cavity, a shackle portion of a padlock and a member to be secured by the padlock. A shackle-securing member is provided in the housing for securing the shackle within the cavity.

Abstract: A shielded lock assembly incorporating a housing surrounding a shackle and lock body. The housing renders more difficult access to the shackle and lock body in order to reduce the incidence of theft involving the prying, cutting or other destruction of the shackle or lock body. In one embodiment of the invention the shielded lock assembly is adapted to receive a pair of cable ends. In a modified embodiment of the invention the lock assembly is adapted to be positioned adjacent a planar surface such as defined by a pair of doors or the like. In a still further modified form of the invention, the lock assembly is adapted to be positioned adjacent intersecting planar surfaces such as defined by a door and a jamb.

Abstract: A locking device includes a base having openings therein for joining the base to a first surface, such as the surface of the door, and a cover hinged to the base plate by a solid bar passing through apertures in flanges near the upper end of the base plate and cover. This solid bar is sufficiently long to engage an opening in a second surface, such as a door jamb. Joined to and extending laterally from the solid bar is a second bar that lies between the flanges of the cover plate, thus confining the second bar to the space between them, and preventing removal of the solid bar from the device. Projecting from the inner surface of the plate and from the inner surface of the cover are lock-receiving flanges having apertures which lie proximate one another when the cover plate is closed against the base. The apertures in these lock-receiving flanges lie at least partly in the same plane, permitting the hasp of a padlock to pass through both, thus locking the cover to the base plate.

Abstract: A housing is provided including hingedly connected base and cover portions with the base and cover portions including pairs of corresponding peripheral side walls having free marginal edges disposed in close abutting relation when the housing is closed. The peripheral side walls of the base portion extend about and project outwardly from the inner side of a base wall of the base portion and the peripheral side walls of the cover portion extend about and project outwardly from the inner side of an outer wall of the cover portion, the base and outer walls opposing each other when the housing is closed.

Abstract: A protective device for use in combination with a padlock in securing first and second members, wherein a hasp is secured to one member and a staple to the other, has a rear wall with a staple receiving slot, front and side walls and internal cross-member. The front wall has a protruding lower edge and further depending front wall. The cross-member is trough shaped to receive the staple. A shim may be used in conjunction with the device to snugly secure the padlock within.

Abstract: A lock-protective device designed to be used with various well known garage-door-locking units wherein the units include a sliding bolt, adapted to be slidably secured to the lock housing of the unit by a padlock, the present lock-protective device comprising a protective plate having a front wall and an integrally formed rear wall which is bent over to form a support keeper that is received over the locking bolt and allows the front wall to cover the padlock. There is included a lock strut positioned between the front and rear wall members, said strut having an aperture therein to correspond to the opening in the existing ear of the lock housing, whereby the padlock arm is received through both openings to prevent removal of the lock-protective device therefrom.

Abstract: An assembly includes a face plate which is mounted to an exposed wall stud in an enclosure such as a garage. The ends of a U-shaped locking member formed from a bar of hardened steel extend through transverse openings in the face plate and encircle a portion of a bicycle frame. An eye is formed on one end of the locking member and a padlock is placed through the eye to prevent withdrawal of the locking member from the face plate. In a first embodiment of the invention the face plate is mounted to the exposed edge of the wall stud on the interior of the enclosure, and in a second embodiment the face plate is mounted to the outside surface of the wall defined by the wall stud.

Abstract: A cable is suspended across a private road or driveway, primarily in rural areas, between two trees or posts for entrance security. The cable is anchored in one post in a permanent manner at a first end, while the second end of the cable carries a fitting through which a padlock can be passed. This second end of the cable with the fitting is threaded through a hole in the second tree or post and through a hole in a plate of a padlock protector which is nailed in place on the far side of the second tree or post through which the fitting at the end of the cable has been threaded. The padlock protector constitutes an angulated section cut from a heavy gauge steel pipe.

Abstract: A clasp having a rigid backplate with one side projecting outwardly to enclose the latching side of a locking padlock. The other side of the backplate is similarily outwardly turned, and a bolt is slidably and pivotally positioned in aligned holes in the outwardly turned sides. A front plate is welded to the bolt and a bale support member is welded orthogonally to the inside face of the front plate. A matching bale support member is welded to the back plate and when the clasp is closed, the two bale support members are aligned. The bale of the padlock is received in holes in the bale support members. In the locked position, the front plate and the proximate side of the back plate prevents the application of a downward blow on the side of the padlock that includes the latch mechanism. The clearance between the front plate and the proximate side is insufficient for the insertion of a punch or other object for striking a blow against the locking side of the padlock.