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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2019
Applicant:
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
James Edmund Matthews, Bowie, MD (US);
Joram Shenhar, Fairfax, VA (US);
Terry Martin Gingell, Spotsylvania, VA (US);
Donald Eugene Irwin, Fredericksburg, VA (US);
William Albert Tartal, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 65/08 (2006.01); E05C 19/18 (2006.01); A47G 29/124 (2006.01); E05B 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 65/0888 (2013.01); A47G 29/1245 (2013.01); E05B 65/0071 (2013.01); E05B 65/0894 (2013.01); E05C 19/18 (2013.01); E05C 19/184 (2013.01);
Abstract
Receptacle locking devices are disclosed. A receptacle locking device having a contact arm and a pivoting feature can be pivoted from a first, unlocked position to a second, locked position, wherein the contact arm prevents opening of the receptacle door when the locking device is in the second, locked position.