Patent ID: 7891219

Claim:
A lock guard for use with a padlock having a body and a shackle with a top curve and a securing connector having two ends, said lock guard comprising: a housing including an opposing pair of laterally spaced-apart and parallel rectangular side walls, each of said side walls having a top half, a bottom half, a fore edge, and an aft edge, said top half having a top edge and an opening therethrough dimensioned to receive at least one end of said two ends of said securing connector; a rectangular front wall attached to and spanning between said fore edges of said side walls, said front wall having a top edge; a rectangular back wall attached to and spanning between said aft edges of said side walls and having a top edge; a top wall attached to said top edges of said side walls, said front wall, and said back wall; a retainer tab attached to said front wall, said retainer tab extending rearward from said front wall and having an opening therethrough dimensioned to receive a portion of said shackle; and an abutment attached to said front wall, said abutment positioned between said retainer tab and said top wall so that, when said two ends of said securing connector are positioned on said retainer tab and said shackle is threaded through said two ends and said opening in said retainer tab and then said top curve of said shackle is forced against said abutment thereby forcing said shackle into said body, said padlock and said ends are locked inside said lock guard.