Patent ID: 7281401
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A protective sleeve for a lock, the protective sleeve comprising a circumferential wall having a first open end and a second open end and delimiting a longitudinal through-hole between the first open end and the second open end, with the circumferential wall having a constant thickness between the first and second open ends and around a circumference thereof, with the circumferential wall comprising at least one longitudinal slot extending from the second open end towards but spaced from the first open end, with the at least one longitudinal slot including first and second side edges extending from the second open end and toward but spaced from the first open end and a terminal edge extending between the first and second side edges and located intermediate the first and second open ends, with the first and second side edges and the terminal edge defining a perimeter delimiting the at least one longitudinal slot, with the at least one longitudinal slot forming at least one shielding skirt adapted for shielding a housing of a latch mechanism of a lock that extends into the protective sleeve through said at least one longitudinal slot, with the circumferential wall further comprising a tab extending from the perimeter delimiting said at least one longitudinal slot and spaced from the first open end and the second open end and into the longitudinal through-hole of the circumferential wall, with the tab bent from the circumferential wall at the terminal edge of the perimeter delimiting the at least one longitudinal slot, with the tab having a thickness equal to the constant thickness, with the tab being adapted to receive a mounting post of the lock.