Patent ID: 8381554
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lock-protecting hasp apparatus for use on a container having a first door movable from a closed position to an open position, said lock-protecting hasp apparatus comprising: a first hasp securable to an exterior surface of said first door, and a second hasp, and with each hasp having a mounting portion and a hasp portion connected to and extending away from the mounting portion of the respective hasp, with the hasp portions of said first and second hasps being arranged, when said door is in the closed position, to project generally coextensive relative to each other, and with the hasp portion of each hasp having upper and lower edges defining a predetermined height of the hasp, and with the hasp portion of each hasp defining two closed marginal openings for accepting and accommodating a shackle of a lock such that when the hasp portions of the hasps are arranged in generally coextensive relation relative to each other, the shackle of the lock is permitted to pass therethrough to secure the hasps to each other and thereby maintain the door in the closed position, and with each hasp further including a shackle guard which is integral and extends generally coextensive with the hasp portion of each hasp such that said shackle guard moves with each hasp, and wherein the shackle guard of each hasp projects beyond the predetermined height of the hasp portion and defines a third opening, arranged in spaced vertical and generally aligned relation with the two openings in the hasp portion of each hasp such that, when the door is in the closed position, the respective shackle guards on the first and second hasps are arranged in confronting relation relative to each other with the third opening defined by each shackle guard being generally aligned relative to each other so as to accommodate a security seal passing therethrough and so as to allow the security seal to provide an instant visual image whether the door has moved from the closed position.