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Locks April category listing, related patent applications 04/10

20100101283 - Security device: A security device for deterring theft of an object from a retail store comprises a base member (10), cable means (2) for placement about the object, spool means (14) rotatably mounted on the base member (10), the cable means (2) being connected to the spool means (14) such that the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20100101284 - Flat screen television lock: A television lock for coupling a television to an anchor surface. The television lock includes a bracket for coupling to the rear panel of the television, a tether anchor for coupling to the anchor surface, and a bracket tether for coupling the bracket to the tether anchor.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20100101285 - Unlocking structure and connector holding structure: An unlocking structure including a board element, a locking element, and a guiding element is provided. The board element has a first surface, a second surface, and at least one first opening. The locking element with at least one hook and at least one first elastic arm is disposed on... Agent: J C Patents

20100101286 - Valve operated by a master key: The present invention relates generally to valves for controlling the flow of fluid and, more particularly, to a valve which is controlled using a master key such that only an authorized person is able to turn the valve on and off. The valve controlled using a master key according to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100101287 - Timer device for a bar element: A device for, at predefined times, opening bordered areas to deposited fodder for feeding horses, cattle, sheep, goats, lambs, game, fish farms etc. includes a flexible opening mechanism which is kept closed by a turnable counterstay. This closing counterstay is kept in a closed position with a settable timer. This... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100101289 - Rekeyable lock cylinder and rekeying method thereof: A rekeyable lock cylinder comprises a cylinder body, a plug, an adjusting block and a plurality of rack component assemblies. The plug disposed within the cylinder body has a trench and a plurality of rack component runners communicating with the trench. The adjusting block disposed at the trench has an... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100101288 - Rekeyable lock cylinder with fool-proof function: A rekeyable lock cylinder with fool-proof function at least comprises a cylinder body, a plug, a limit member, a sliding block and a drive member. The plug disposed within the cylinder body has a trench, a plurality of first rack component runners communicating with the trench and a first through... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100095717 - Locking device for trailer hitches and method therefor: A method and apparatus to secure the coupler section of a trailer provides a locking device that includes a lock housing having a hitch ball element to engage the recess in the coupler, a shackle member lockable to the housing and having a bridge section that spans the hitch ball... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20100095718 - High security, dual-mode padlock construction: By employing a deadbolt construction for virtually eliminating the ability of the shackle to be removed from the housing by the application of excessive force, an effective, easily produced, padlock is achieved which also incorporates two separate and independent locking systems formed in a single padlock. In the present invention,... Agent: Melvin I. Stoltz

20100095719 - Door lock device with safety switch: A coupling member is pivotally moved about a pivotal shaft by a closing operation by way of a rotary handle, thereby bringing an engaging portion thereof into engagement with a fixing member, so that a protective door is inhibited from moving in two directions of arrows X, Y including a... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20100095720 - Locking devices: A tool carrier assembly (100) comprising a main body (101), a quick hitch (102), and a rotatable locking device (103) between the quick hitch and the main body. The rotatable locking device employs releasable locking means (104,105) at opposite ends. A scroll plate (106), cylinder (107) and piston (108) which... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20100095721 - Locking device for functions which can be carried out in particular on vehicles: A locking device contains a locking cylinder with a freewheeling sleeve (11), cylinder core and tumblers (27). The cylinder core can be rotated by a matching key because the tumblers (27) which lock the cylinder core release the freewheeling sleeve (11) when the key is removed. The freewheeling sleeve (11)... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20100089104 - Pneumatically operated barrier lock: A pneumatically operated barrier lock is provided. The barrier lock includes a body and a locking pin slidably mounted on the body for movement along a path between an extended position for engaging a catch and a retracted position for disengaging the catch. The lock also includes a pneumatic cylinder... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100089105 - Bottle security device: A security device includes a housing and a strap which extends from the housing and loops around a bottle neck or other item to secure the device thereto. A locking mechanism lockably engages the strap when the strap is inserted into the housing to secure the strap in a locked... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20100089106 - Secure slide bolt with integrated lock: The invention relates to a secure slide bolt device, and can be utilized in a number of different structures and on different structures access points. More specifically the invention relates to a slide bolt having a locking mechanism integral with and part of the slide bolt. The invention is designed... Agent: Sanford J. Piltch, Esq.

20100089107 - Container door locking assembly: A locking assembly for a swinging door of a container. The locking assembly includes an axially elongated lock rod having cam structure at opposed ends thereof. The lock rod is provided, toward each end thereof, with axially spaced radial projections which are axially fixed relative to the lock rod and... Agent: Law Office Of John W. Harbst

20100089108 - Lock apparatus and method of use: Embodiments of a lock apparatus for securing an article, such as a cycle frame, and methods of use of a lock apparatus are presented.... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20100089109 - Lock device: A lock device is adapted to unlock a lock by transferring a lock catch from a locking position to a releasing position. The device comprises an electric motor, which is mechanically connected to an axle by means of at least one transmission means, and rotation of said axle actuates the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100083713 - Padlock device using an electromagnetic switch actuated system with fingerprint identification system: A keyless padlock system includes an electromagnetic switch system and a fingerprint process system. The electromagnetic switch system operates the padlock with a mechanical actuated mechanism. The system also secures the padlock against the force and vibration. The fingerprint process system provides the padlock device an easy operation as the... Agent: Yiqi Wu Woodling

20100083714 - Magnetic lock for windows: The invention relates to a magnetic lock for a window comprising a button having a locked position and an unlocked position, a spring clip in contact with the button for holding the button in the unlocked position, and a trigger wheel. The lock also has a trigger housing with an... Agent: David Chen Delio And Peterson LLC

20100083715 - Locking and lock release device for flap and lid: A locking device for flaps, luggage compartment flaps, doors or lids comprising a housing, an actuating handle for unlocking a locking device pivotably arranged on the housing, an actuating lever, the actuating handle being supported on the housing as a rocker; a release wheel arranged pivotably on the housing and... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20100083716 - Electric steering wheel lock device and motor damping structure: An electric steering wheel lock device including a lock bar which moves between a lock position, at which the lock bar prohibits rotation of a steering shaft, and an unlock position, at which the lock bar permits rotation of the steering shaft. An electric motor generates drive force for moving... Agent: J. Rodman Steele Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20100083717 - Rotary control device: A rotary control device includes a body, a knob rotatably provided on the body, a push button provided on a side portion of the knob so as to be depressed, a lock member that moves in response to a depressing operation of the push button, and a lock portion provided... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20100083718 - Cylinder lock and key system using the cylinder lock: then, while keeping the set/reset member in the situation of being pushed, the inner cylinder is turned to a position that the upper tumbler bores and the lower tumbler bores face with each other, so that the auxiliary tumblers having been temporarily held in the accommodation holes are returned to... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100077804 - Vehicle trunk locking device: A locking device for a trunk in a vehicle. The locking device includes a latch configured to change a state of the trunk between locked and unlocked, and a lever configured to drive the latch to an open position. The locking device further includes a lock knob configured to be... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20100077806 - Door lock apparatus: The present invention suppresses an increase of parts to a minimum, and avoids a panic state by a simple structure. A door lock apparatus is provided with a latch mechanism (a fork and a claw) which engages with a striker so as to be capable of engaging and disengaging, a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100077805 - Outside actuation for locks on doors, tailgates and the like: The invention relates to an outside actuation system for locks on doors, tailgates, or the like of motor vehicles (20). The outside actuation system has a handle (10) which is arranged on the outer side (22) of the door (21) and which can serve for opening the door (21). The... Agent: Horst M Kasper

20100077807 - Vehicle storage box locking device: A locking device for a storage box in a vehicle includes a lock configured to place the storage box in a closed state or an open state, and an actuator configured to drive the lock. The locking device further includes a button configured to place the storage box in the... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20100077808 - Steering apparatus: A key ring according to embodiments is press-fitted onto a steering shaft (column shaft) at a position that is radially outer side of a fit portion at which multiple shaft members that constitute the steering shaft (column shaft) are fitted to each other, and that is substantially the same as... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100077809 - Method for identifying keys for controlling locks: A system for controlling access to a secure area includes a lock and an electronic access device for controlling access to a secure area. The lock includes pins for locking and unlocking the lock. The access device communicates with the pins for electrically measuring movement of the pins. The access... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20100077810 - Multifunctional locking device and servomotor with actuator which can be up wound up around an interchangeable reel: The present invention relates to a locking device, a special actuator assembler and holder of an object in the state of rest besides being source of movement once integral with an object through an actuator having different shapes and lengths, wound up onto an appropriate and interchangeable reel fitted onto... Agent: Jerome D. Jackson (jackson Patent Law Office)

20100077811 - Unlocking device for concealing keyhole of lock and key therefor: An unlocking device includes a casing mounted to a side of a lock. A movable body is movably received in the casing along a first axis and has an opening. The lock has a keyhole in an extent of the opening. A key receiving seat is movable along a second... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20100077812 - Unlocking device for concealing keyhole of lock: An unlocking device includes a casing mounted to a side of a lock having a keyhole. A movable body is rotatably received in the casing about an axis. The movable body has a closed end having a hole. A key receiving seat is received in the movable body and has... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20100077813 - Security container with rearward facing lock: A security container for retaining an item of merchandise therein; said security container comprising a base, a lid, a slider within the lid, a lid hole, a slider tab extending from the slider through the lid hole, and a locking mechanism unlocked through magnetic manipulation. The slider tab is located... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20100077814 - Security lock: The lock comprises: a fixed bush which defines a cylindrical cavity within which a cylinder rotating about the longitudinal axis of the cavity is mounted; a spring for retaining the cylinder within the cavity in the axial direction, the spring being interposed between a first circumferential groove made in the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100077815 - Unlocking device for concealing keyhole of lock: An unlocking device includes a casing mounted to a side of a lock having a keyhole. A movable body is rotatably received in the casing about an axis. The movable body has a closed end having a through-hole. A key receiving seat is received in the movable body and has... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.