US 12,264,519 B2
Tamper resistant hasp
Donald Andrew Hodge, Hudson, MA (US)
Assigned to BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Waltham, MA (US)
Filed by Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/086,908.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/296,317, filed on Jan. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0212895 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. E05C 19/08 (2006.01); E05B 65/46 (2017.01); E05B 65/48 (2006.01); E05B 67/06 (2006.01); E05B 67/38 (2006.01)
CPC E05C 19/08 (2013.01) [E05B 65/46 (2013.01); E05B 65/48 (2013.01); E05B 67/06 (2013.01); E05B 67/383 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/674 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/20 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tamper resistant hasp comprising:
a first member that extends between a first inner end and a first outer end that are depthwise spaced apart from each other by a first distance, wherein the first member defines a first member outer boundary and has a mounting aperture located within the first member outer boundary;
a second member that has:
a first portion that extends between a second inner end and a joint end that are depthwise spaced apart from each other by the first distance, wherein the second inner end is pivotally coupled to the first inner end,
wherein the second member is configured to pivot relative to the first member so that in a first pivot position the first portion is against the first member and covers the mounting aperture, and in a second pivot position the first member is at an angle to the first portion and the mounting aperture is uncovered; and
a second portion that extends away from the first portion at the joint end to a third end, so that when the second member is in the first pivot position, the second portion extends away from the first member,
whereby the second member defines a singular bend, between the first and second portions,
wherein the second portion defines a second portion outer boundary and has a shackle aperture located within the second portion outer boundary;
wherein:
the first inner end and the second inner end are pivotally coupled via a hinge;
wherein:
except at the pivotal coupling between the first member and the second member and the singular bend in the second member:
the first member, the first portion of the second member and the second portion of the second member each are entirely formed and shaped as a planar flat plate;
wherein:
the first member has a first security aperture that is lengthwise aligned with the shackle aperture and offset from the mounting aperture; and
the first portion of the second member has a second security aperture that is positioned to overlap with the first security aperture when the second member is in the first pivot position;
wherein:
the first member has a plurality of the mounting apertures located within the first member outer boundary; and
the plurality of the mounting apertures are spaced apart from each other and the first security aperture so that in the first pivot position, the first portion of the second member covers the plurality of the mounting apertures; and
wherein:
each of the mounting apertures and security aperture has a same sized circular profile; and
the hasp includes a plurality of screws that are the same as each other and fit within and extend through respective overlayed ones of the mounting apertures in the security apparatus.