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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1990
Walter H Carter, Omaha, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
A multi-lock latch for gates and other closures which utilizes one or more padlocks for security and includes a drum rotatably attached to the gate and having a peripheral flange provided with multiple, spaced padlock openings for receiving the respective padlock shackles. A horizontally-oriented locking bar is slidably attached to the gate, with one end of the locking bar positioned in alignment with the respective shackle openings in the drum flange as the drum is rotated, and the opposite, or locking end of the locking bar aligned with a plate opening provided in a gate post plate mounted on a gate post securing the gate. When the padlocks are attached to the drum flange by insertion of the respective shackles through corresponding shackle openings in the drum flange, the locking bar is disposed such that the locking end is inserted in the plate opening located in the gate post plate and the gate cannot be opened. However, when one of the padlock shackles is removed from a corresponding shackle opening in the drum flange, the drum and remaining padlocks may be rotated to align this opening with the locking bar and the locking bar then slidably adjusted, to extend through the opening vacated by the shackle, remove the opposite end of the locking bar from the plate opening and allow the gate to open.