Patent ID: 7231790
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A case and a padlock-type lock, the case being constituted by a first half-shell and a second half-shell which are mutually articulated, said first half-shell being provided wit a first perimetric edge that has a first edge profiled surface inclined at a first angle with respect to an ideal laying plane of the first perimetric edge, said first perimetric edge comprising at least one first through hole therein, and said second half-shell being provided with a second perimetric edge that has a second edge profiled surface inclined at a second angle with respect to an ideal laying plane of the second perimetric edge, said second perimetric edge comprising at least one second through hole therein, said first and second perimetric edges being shaped so as to be in mutual contact in a closed configuration of the case in which said first and second inclined edge profiled surfaces are located in a corresponding arrangement forming a wedge and in which said at least one first and second trough holes are arranged coaxial and aligned with each other; the padlock-type lock being constituted by at least one padlock, said at least one padlock comprising a locking bar and first and second opposite, mating surfaces; and wherein said mating surfaces are shaped flat arid correspondingly inclined to mate over said wedge, in the closed configuration of the case, with said first and with said second edge profiled surfaces, respectively, and said locking bar is adapted to engage in said first and second through holes so that said at least one padlock is retained in a preset safe and minimum-protrusion position.