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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
May. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bradley J. Julicher, Orchard Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
McGard, Inc., Orchard Park, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/104 ;
Abstract
A ring-type meter lock including a resilient ring, first and second ends on the ring, a lock housing on the first end, a first slot in the lock housing, a latch unit in a threaded bore in the lock housing, the latch unit consisting of a threaded plug and a stem slidably mounting a latch with a spring between the plug and the latch which biases the latch into the first slot, an apertured tongue on the second end of the ring enterable into the first slot, at least one second slot in the tongue for receiving the spring-biased latch, and a key-receiving configuration on the threaded plug.