Safety lock apparatus for an electrical plug

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The apparatus provided by the present invention achieves the above objectives of the invention.
Specifically, a safety lock apparatus for an electrical plug is provided which is a single, integral, plastic unit having a solid block portion apertured to receive the prongs of the plug and a shelf to which the plug body is securable, wherein a portion of the shelf is receivable between a padlock body and a shackle lockably receivable in the padlock body such that when the shackle is lockably received in the padlock body, the body portion of the plug is secured against the solid block portion and the prongs of the plug are rendered generally inaccessible in the solid block.
Preferably, there is provided means associated with the shelf to prevent the shackle from moving away from the solid block portion so as to maintain the plug body secured to the solid block portion.
Preferably, such means are apertures in the shelf through which the legs of the shackle are received.
Further preferably, the shelf is provided with a pair of depending resilient gripper arms which are adapted to be situated around the padlock body to removably secure the padlock body thereto.
By virtue of the apparatus of the present invention, there is provided a one piece safety lock apparatus having no moving parts and which, in cooperation with a standard padlock, can easily render the prongs of an electrical plug generally inaccessible in such a fashion that attempts to defeat the apparatus will not likely result in accidental, dangerous electrical exposure to any person attempting to defeat the apparatus.