Patent ID: 7870867

Claim:
A curb box lock, said lock comprising: a body portion having an upper collar at an upper end of said body portion and a lower collar at a lower end of said body portion, said upper end opposite said lower end, said body portion also having a bore extending from said upper end to said lower end of said body portion; a plurality of slidably extendable claws within said body portion; said claws being linearly extendable from said body portion to selectively engage side walls of a curb box; a threaded rod, said rod extending through said bore; and wherein said threaded rod is operatively connected to said slidably extendable claws such that when said rod is rotated said claws extend linearly outward away from said body portion to engage side walls of said curb box such that said claws can be maintained in forceable engagement with said side walls at all times when said lock is deployed within a curb box to prevent removal of said lock.