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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1985
Terrence N Brammall, Angola, IN (US);
Trans-Guard Industries, Inc., Angola, IN (US);
Abstract
A locking device is provided including a lock body and an elongate member which may be locked together. The elongate member includes a neck portion and on its end supports a head. The lock body includes a body member having an annular recess therein with a retainer having a hole therethrough and fixed to the body to overlie the recess. A pair of locking jaws are supported above the bottom of the recess and are biased together. In one aspect of the invention, the recess is tiered to define a shoulder upon which the locking jaws rest. An elastic O ring extends around the locking jaws to bias them together. In another aspect of the invention, a U-spring on the upper ends of its legs supports the locking jaws, and the U-spring is supported by a shoulder defined above the bottom of the recess.