US 12,103,768 B2
Locking device and related methods
James L. Martin, II, Gambrills, MD (US); and David L. Reeb, Sykesville, MD (US)
Assigned to Serio-Us Industries, Inc., Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed by Serio-Us Industries, Inc., Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/491,019.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/086,212, filed on Oct. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0106112 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B65F 1/16 (2006.01); E05B 15/00 (2006.01); E05B 17/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65F 1/1615 (2013.01) [E05B 15/0093 (2013.01); E05B 17/2007 (2013.01); B65F 2210/148 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking device, comprising:
a base unit including a base member; and
a pivotable unit coupled to the base unit by a shaft non-rotatably fixed to the pivotable unit, the pivotable unit is pivotable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the base unit includes a housing enclosing a locking mechanism, the housing including an angularly disposed slot therein, the locking mechanism comprising
a rolling member disposed in the slot, and
a cam non-rotatably fixed to a perimeter of the shaft,
wherein when the rolling member is located at a bottom of the slot, the rolling member abuts the cam and blocks the cam from rotating, thereby blocking the pivotable unit from pivoting to the open position,
wherein when the rolling member is located at a top of the slot, the cam is free from the rolling member to allow the pivotable unit to pivot to the open position
wherein the locking mechanism further comprising a manual release configured to manually move the rolling member to the top of the slot, the manual release comprises a cylinder having a lobe extending approximately perpendicularly from one end thereof, and a sliding member resting on top of the shaft and pivotably connects to the lobe, the sliding member interacts with the rolling member such that when the sliding member slides forwardly, it raises the rolling member to the top of the top of the slot.