Claims
- 1. A locking device for securing outboard motors and stern drives mounted on a plurality of exposed studs on the sterm of a boat, and construction equipment on a plurality of exposed studs inset in concrete and other items which can be mounted with exposed studs, shafts or other protuberances upon which said locking device can be mounted, said device consisting of:
a stainless steel lock nut having a blind hole therein along a center line of said lock nut, parallel to a center line drawn through said lock nut, a first end having a plurality of flat surfaces for gripping and turning said lock nut, and a circular groove formed around the periphery of said lock nut, a lock body having a first end and a second end, said lock body having a first blind hole formed through said first end and a second blind hole formed from said second end, below said first blind hole and a connecting slot formed between said first and second blind holes, a dividing partition located between a first section of said first blind hole and a second section of said first blind hole, said partition having a connecting hole of reduced diameter formed parallel to a center line drawn through said first blind hole, a keyway formed parallel to a center line drawn through said first section of said blind hole, a lock assembly having a lock catch slideably inserted through a flexibly collapsible support means into said connecting slot, a slideably inserted compression means within said first section of said first blind hole, said compression means having a first end and a second end and a key protrusion from its outer surface parallel to a center line drawn through said compression means, and a threaded blind hole formed in the said first end of said compression means, and a tapered face along the lower edge parallel to a center line drawn through said compression means, said tapered face having a first narrow surface and a second broad surface, an externally threaded bolt having a first end and a second end and a female attachment means formed within said second end, a keyed lock assembly having a first end and a second end, said first end having a male attachment means and said second end having a key hole, a circular washer interposed between said second end of said threaded bolt and said first end of said keyed lock assembly, said washer being formed from a hard substance, whereby said externally threaded bolt protrudes through said connecting hole between said first and said second blind holes and engages said internal thread inside said compression means, whereby said keyed lock assembly rotatably engages said threaded bolt and thereby slideably adjusts said compression means, said compression means having engaged said keyway in said first blind hole, said compression means being thereby prevented from rotating around said center line of said compression means, whereby said tapered surface on said compression means is moved parallel to a center line drawn through said compression means and said second blind hole, thereby forcing said lock catch down into said connecting slot between said first and second blind holes, and whereby said flexibly collapsible support means allows said lock catch to engage said circular groove and thereby grip said lock pin in a locked position.
- 2. A locking device for securing outboard motors and stern drives mounted on a plurality of exposed studs on the stern of a boat, and construction equipment on a plurality of exposed studs inset in concrete and other items which can be mounted with exposed studs, shafts and other protuberances upon which said locking device can be mounted, said device consisting of:
a stainless steel lock nut having a blind hole therein along a center line of said lock nut, parallel to a center line drawn through said lock nut, a first end having a plurality of flat surfaces for gripping and turning said lock nut, and a circular groove formed around the periphery of said lock nut, a lock body having a first end and a second end, and a first side face and a second side face, said lock body having a first blind hole formed through said first end and a second blind hole formed through said second end, below said first blind hole, and a connecting slot keyway formed between said first and second blind holes, a dividing partition located between a first section of said first blind hole and a second section of said first blind hole, said partition having a connecting hole of reduced diameter formed parallel to a center line drawn through said first blind hole, a hole formed through said first side face, said hole exiting through said second side face, said hole being formed with an axis perpendicular to the axis of said first and second blind holes, and said hole tangentially intersecting said connecting slot keyway, an engagement means having a first end and a second end, an upper surface and a lower surface, a male key protrusion along said lower surface, said key protrusion having an axis parallel to a center line drawn through said engagement means, said engagement means having a threaded hole formed therein parallel to said center line, a keyed lock assembly having a first end and a second end, said first end having a male attachment means and said second end having a key hole, an externally threaded bolt having a first end and a second end and a female attachment means formed within said second end, a circular washer interposed between said second end of said threaded bolt and said first end of said keyed lock assembly, said washer being formed from a hard substance, whereby said externally threaded bolt protrudes through said connecting hole between said first and said second blind holes and engages said internal thread inside said engagement means, whereby said keyed lock assembly rotatably engages said threaded bolt and thereby slideably adjusts said engagement means said engagement means having engaged said keyway in said first blind hole said engagement means being thereby prevented from rotating around said center line of said engagement means, and whereby said engagement means engages said circular groove and thereby grip said lock pin in a locked position.
- 3. A locking device for securing outboard motors and stern drives mounted on a plurality of exposed studs on the stern of a boat, and construction equipment on a plurality of exposed studs inset in and other items which can be mounted with exposed studs, shafts and other protuberances upon which said locking device can be mounted, said device consisting of:
a stainless steel lock nut having a blind hole therein along a center line of said lock nut, parallel to a center line drawn through said lock nut, a first end having a plurality of flat surfaces for gripping and turning said lock nut, and a circular groove formed around the periphery of said lock nut, a lock body having a first end and a second end, and a first side face and a second side face, said lock body having a first blind hole formed through said first end and a second hole formed through from said first side face to said second side face and perpendicular to a center line drawn through the center of said blind hole and below said first blind hole, and a connecting hole formed between said first blind hole and said second hole, a lock assembly having a lock catch, said lock assembly being inserted into said first blind hole, and whereby said lock catch engages said circular groove in said lock pin and thereby grips said lock pin in a locked position,
- 4. A locking device for securing outboard motors and stern drives mounted on a plurality of exposed studs on the stern of a boat, and construction equipment on a plurality of exposed studs inset in concrete and other items which can be mounted with exposed studs, shafts or other protuberances upon which said locking device can be mounted, said device consisting of:
a stainless steel lock nut having a blind hole therein along a center line of said lock nut, parallel to a center line drawn through said lock nut, a first end having a plurality of flat surfaces for gripping and turning said lock nut, and a circular groove formed around the periphery of said locknut, a lock body having a first end and a second end, said lock body having a first blind hole formed through said first end and a second blind hole formed through said second end, below said first blind hole, and having a connecting hole formed between said first and second blind holes, and a lock assembly having a lock catch, said lock assembly being inserted into said first blind hole, whereby said lock catch engages said circular groove in said lock pin and thereby grips said lock pin in a locked position.
- 5. A locking device for securing outboard motors and stern drives mounted on a plurality of exposed studs on the stern of a boat, and construction equipment on a plurality of exposed studs inset in and other items which can be mounted with exposed studs, shafts and other protuberances upon which said locking device can be mounted, said device consisting of:
a stainless steel lock nut having a blind hole therein along a center line of said lock nut, parallel to a center line drawn through said lock nut, a first end having a plurality of flat surfaces for gripping and turning said lock nut, and a circular groove formed around the periphery of said lock nut, a lock body having a first end and a second end, and a first side face and a second side face, said lock body having a first rectangular hole formed through said first end, and a second hole formed through said second end said first hole connecting to said second hole, and a third hole formed entirely through said body from said first side face to said second side face perpendicular to a center line drawn through said first and second holes below said first hole, and having a connecting pin hole formed between said first hole and said third hole, a lock pin assembly having a rectangular body and a first end face and a second end face, said second end face having a first threaded blind hole and a second unthreaded blind hole below said first blind hole, a lock pin irremovably pressed into said second blind hole, said lock pin protruding beyond said second end face, a keyed lock assembly having a first end and a second end, said first end having a male attachment means and said second end having a key hole, an externally threaded bolt having a first end and a second end and a female attachment means formed within said second end, a circular washer interposed between said second end of said threaded bolt and said first end of said keyed lock assembly, said washer being formed from a hard substance such as carbide for example, whereby said externally threaded bolt protrudes through said connecting hole between said first and said second holes and engages said internal thread inside said lock pin assembly, whereby said keyed lock assembly rotatably engages said threaded bolt and thereby slideably adjusts said lock pin assembly, and whereby said lock pin assembly engages said circular groove in said lock pin and thereby grips said lock pin in a locked position.
- 6. A locking device for securing objects having staples, holes and other protuberances upon which said locking device can be mounted, said device consisting of:
a stainless steel body having a first end and a second end, said lock body having a first blind hole formed through said first end and a second blind hole formed through said second end, said second blind hole being below said first blind hole, a first dividing partition located between a first section of said first blind hole and a second section of said first blind hole, and a second dividing partition located between said second section of said first blind hole and said second end of said stainless steel body, said first and second partitions having a connecting hole of reduced diameter formed parallel to a center line drawn through said first and second blind holes, a curved “U” shaped staple, said staple having a distal end and a proximal end, said staple being rotatably and slideably attached by its proximal end within said second chamber of said second blind hole, said distal end of said staple being of such dimension as to slideably enter said first blind hole, said distal end having an enlarged diameter boss and an internal thread formed within said boss, a keyed lock assembly having a first end and a second end, said first end having a male attachment means and said second end having a key hole, an externally threaded bolt having a first end and a second end and a female attachment means formed within said second end, a circular washer interposed between said second end of said threaded bolt and said first end of said keyed lock assembly, said washer being formed from a hard substance, whereby said externally threaded bolt protrudes through said connecting hole between said first and said second holes and engages said internal thread inside said boss, and whereby said keyed lock assembly rotatably engages said threaded bolt and thereby slideably adjusts said staple until said distal end of said staple engages said first blind hole and thereby grips said staple in a locked position.
- 7. A locking device for securing objects having a circular form such as an automobile steering wheel, upon which said locking device can be mounted, said device consisting of:
a stainless steel body having a top section and a bottom section, said top section having a first end and a second end and a first side face and a second side face, said bottom section having a first end and a second end a first side face and a second side face, said top section having a top surface and a bottom surface said bottom section having top surface and a bottom surface, said top section and said bottom sections being detachably interlocked, a blind countersunk partly threaded hole formed within said top surface of said top section said hole extending partially into said bottom section, a common hole formed through said first side faces of said top section and said bottom section, said hole being bisected by a separation line comprising said bottom surface of said top section and said top surface of said bottom section, a blind hole formed through said first end of said top section, a flexible cable having a distal end and a proximal end and a particular resilience to cutting, said proximal cable end being irremovably swaged within said blind hole, a keyed lock assembly having a first end and a second end, said first end having a male attachment means and said second end having a key hole, an externally threaded bolt having a first end and a second end and a female attachment means formed within said second end, a circular washer interposed between said second end of said threaded bolt and said first end of said keyed lock assembly, said washer being formed from a hard substance, whereby said externally threaded bolt protrudes through said top section into said blind hole and engages said internal thread inside said bottom section, whereby said keyed lock assembly rotatably engages said threaded bolt locking said top section to said bottom section, thereby clamping said locking device to objects positioned within said common hole, and said distal end of said flexible cable being elsewhere irremovably anchored, thereby affixing said locking device in a locked position.
- 8. A locking device for securing water craft, trailers, motor cycles, construction equipment for example and other objects upon which said locking device can be mounted, said device consisting of:
a stainless steel lock pin having a blind hole therein along a center line of said lock pin, parallel to a center line drawn through said lock pin, parallel to a center line drawn through said lock pin, a first end having a circular groove formed around the periphery of said lock pin, a flexible cable having a distal end and a proximal end and a particular resilience to cutting, said proximal cable end being irremovably swaged within said blind hole, a spring tensioned spool having a first flat circular form and a second flat circular form, and a central hub, said distal end of said flexible cable being irremovably anchored to said central hub, and an attachment means whereby said locking device mounts in a desired location, and a lock body having a first end and a second end, said lock body having a first blind hole formed through said first end and a second blind hole formed from said second end below said first blind hole and a connecting hole formed between said first blind hole and said second hole, and a lock assembly having a lock catch, said lock assembly being inserted into said second blind hole, whereby said lock catch engages said circular groove in said lock pin attached to said proximal end of said flexible cable and thereby grips said lock pin in a locked position.
- 9. A locking device for securing outboard motors on the stern of a boat, said device consisting of:
a stainless steel lock nut having a threaded blind hole therein along a center line of said lock nut, parallel to a center line drawn through said lock nut, a first end having a plurality of flat surfaces for gripping and turning said lock nut, and a circular groove formed around the periphery of said lock nut, a rod having a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end of said rod having a threaded section, said threaded section having a thread pitch and diameter equivalent to said threaded blind hole in said stainless steel lock nut, and said distal end having a first 90° angle, a second 90° angle, and a third 90° angle, said 90° angles forming thereby a “U” shape, said “U” shape having an axis perpendicular to a center line drawn through said rod, and a lock body having a top face and a bottom face, and a first side face and a second side face, and a proximal end face and a distal end face, said lock body having a first blind hole formed in said top face and a second hole formed through said first side face and said second side face below and intersecting said first blind hole, and said second hole having an axis perpendicular to a center line drawn through said first blind hole, a second blind hole formed in said first side face, said second blind hole having an axis parallel to a center line drawn through said second hole, an open end and a closed end, said closed end of said second blind hole having a rectangular slit opening, said slit having an axis perpendicular to a center line drawn through said second blind hole, said first blind hole having a first end and a second end, and a first section and a second section and a dividing partition located between said first section of said first blind hole and said second section of said first blind hole, and a second dividing partition located between said second section of said first blind hole and said second end of said blind hole, said first and said second partitions having a connecting hole of reduced diameter formed parallel to a center line drawn through said first and said second blind holes, and a lock pin slideably contained within said second section of said blind hole, said lock pin having a first end and a second end and a threaded blind hole therein along a center line of said lock pin, parallel to a center line drawn through said lock pin, said lock pin having a pin protuberance at said second end, said protuberance protruding beyond said second end of said blind hole, a keyed lock assembly having a first end and a second end, said first end having a male attachment means and said second end having a key hole, an externally threaded bolt having a first end and a second end and a female attachment means formed within said second end, and a circular washer interposed between said second end of said threaded bolt and said first end of said keyed lock assembly, said washer being formed from a hard substance, and whereby said externally threaded bolt protrudes through said connecting hole between said first section and said second section of said blind hole holes and engages said internal thread inside said lock pin, whereby said keyed lock assembly rotatably engages said threaded bolt and thereby slideably adjusts said lock pin, whereby said lock pin assembly engages said circular groove in said lock nut and thereby grips said lock nut in a locked position.
- 10. 1. A locking device for securing outboard motors and stern drives mounted on a plurality of exposed studs on the stern of a boat, and construction equipment on a plurality of exposed studs inset in concrete and other media, and other items which can be mounted with exposed studs, shafts or other protuberances upon which said locking device can be mounted, said device consisting of:
a stainless steel lock nut, said lock nut having a threaded blind hole therein along a center line of said lock nut, parallel to a center line drawn through said lock nut, a first end having a plurality of flat surfaces for gripping and turning said lock nut, and a hole formed through said lock nut, said hole having an axis perpendicular to said threaded blind hole, a stainless steel shaft having a first end and a second end, said second end having a circular groove formed around the periphery of said shaft, said first end having a boss of enlarged diameter, said shaft being slideably fitted to said hole through said lock nut, a lock body having a first end and a second end, said lock body having a first blind hole formed through said first end and a second blind hole formed from second end, below said first blind hole and a connecting slot formed between said first and second blind holes, a lock assembly having a lock catch, said lock assembly being inserted into said second blind hole, and whereby said lock catch engages said circular groove in said shaft and thereby grips said shaft in a locked position.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a Continuation-In-Part of Provisional Application Serial No. 60/155,576 Filed Sep. 24, 1999 and U.S. Pat. No. 6,176,661 B1 issued Jan. 23, 2001 and non-provisional patent application Ser. No. 09/626,220 filed Jul. 26, 2000.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60155576 |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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