Patent ID: 6105922
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A support assembly for attachment of a cable or padlock shackle to portable equipment, said support assembly comprising:(a) a first aperture plate defining an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion defining a first planar zone having width, length, thickness, a lower edge and side edges, said lower portion defining a tang that is connected to said upper portion at the center of said lower edge, and bent, projecting in a second planar zone approximately 90 degrees to said first planar zone;first means including a first opening running through said upper portion of said aperture plate and adapted to fit a wire cable diameter or padlock shackle, allowing a wire cable to pass through said first opening;(b) a second aperture plate that is identical to said first aperture plate, including said first means;(c) a support body member having a slot running through it, said slot having a length and width sized to allow said support body member to fit over the upper portions of said first aperture plate and said second aperture plate when both said upper portions abut each other, back to back;second means including a transverse groove in the top surface of said support body member, said groove being located, shaped and sized to allow a wire cable to rest therein and to pass through said first opening in said aperture plates when said support body member is placed over said aperture plates;(d) a base pad member defining a third planar zone, shaped geometrically and having a width and depth;third means including a second opening running through the center of said planar zone, perpendicular to its top surface, and including a circular recessed portion in the bottom surface of said planar zone, centered on said second opening; said second opening having a diameter sufficient to allow passage of both tangs of said aperture plates, pressed together with clearance; said recessed portion having a diameter and depth sufficient to permit the bent portion of said tangs to hook on to said base pad member and to permit 360 degree rotation of said tangs and thereby, also of said aperture plates; and(e) a bonding material layer for adhering said fastening assembly to a portable equipment or other surface, said bonding material layer being sized and shaped to adhere to the bottom surface of said base pad member;said support assembly being assembled by first inserting the tang of one said aperture plate into said second opening of said base pad member, then inserting the tang of the second said aperture plate into said second opening positioned such that the faces of the aperture plate upper portions directly abut and the first opening in each plate directly aligns; then placing said support body member over said plate upper portions, moving it down until said transverse groove matches the lower half of said first opening, allowing a cable or padlock shackle to be inserted therein and passed through said first opening, thereby preventing said support body member from being removed and the aperture plates from being disengaged.