Patent attributes
A padlock shroud is described for protecting a padlock. For example, one implementation of a padlock shroud comprises: a shroud body having a chamber with an opening accessible to a padlock body, the opening formed in a lower portion of the shroud body, wherein to engage a padlock with the shroud, the padlock body is inserted into the chamber through the opening, apertures formed through an upper portion of the shroud body and having a spacing substantially equal to a spacing of legs of a shackle to be engaged with the padlock through the apertures, a shackle protector having first and second connection points adjacent to the apertures and extending upward from the upper portion of the shroud body at a length at least substantially equal to a length of the legs of the shackle, and a press pin aperture formed on a side of the shroud body and positioned to allow a press pin to be inserted beneath the padlock body when the padlock body is fully inserted into the chamber.
