Patent ID: 7360806

Claim:
An apparatus for locking to an object, the apparatus comprising: at least one elongate member having (i) at least two shafts, each having a first end and a second end coupled together at a stop member; and (ii) a head disposed at each of the first ends of the shafts, each head being oppositely directed from one another; and a body having at least two apertures, each aperture for receiving and locking a respective one of the heads at different times such that, when locked, the heads cannot be removed without destroying the apparatus, wherein: the heads are non-deformable and include a maximum diameter that is not larger than a diameter of the apertures of the body, the elongate member is operable to pass through one or more apertures of the object, a first of the heads is operable to lock in a first of the apertures of the body such that the body retains the elongate member in engagement with the one or more apertures of the object and maintains the apparatus locked to the object, the first head is detachable from its respective shaft after insertion into the first aperture of the body such that a second of the heads is operable to lock in a second of the apertures of the body for a second opportunity to lock the apparatus locked to the object, and at least one of: (i) the elongate member includes a plurality of separate shafts, each having one of the heads at the first end thereof and one of the stop members at the second end thereof; and (ii) the elongate member includes a plurality of shafts, each having one of the heads at the first end thereof and one of the stop members at the second end thereof, and each being coupled together.