Nut lock

Claim 1

A LOCKING NUT FOR USE WITH A COMPLEMENTARY THREADED MALE MEMBER INCLUDING A PERIPHERALLY CONTINUOUS NUT BODY MEANS OF POLYGONAL EXTERIOR CONFIGURATION AND HAVING A CENTRALLY LOCATED APERTURE PROVIDED THEREIN, THE PERIPHERAL WALL DEFINING SAID APERTURE BEING GENERALLY POLYGONAL AND HAVING AT LEAST THREE SPACED AXIALLY EXTENDING, RADIALLY RELIEVED AREAS SEPARATED BY THREADED SIDE WALL SURFACES, EACH OF SAID RADIALLY RELIEVED AREAS COMPRISING A PAIR OF ANGULARLY DISPOSED, JUXTAPOSED FLAT WALL PORTIONS SPACED A MAXIMUM PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER AT THE POINTS OF INTERSECTION WITH THE THREADED SIDE WALL SURFACES AND EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY AND CONVERGING TOWARD EACH OTHER, A LOCKING AND SEALING INSERT OF DEFORMABLE PLASTIC MATERIAL ASSOCIATED WITH SAID PERIPHERALLY CONTINUOUS NUT BODY MEANS AND INCLUDING AN ANNULAR BODY PORTION HAVING A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY EXTENDING, PERIPHERALLY SPACED FLEXIBLE LEG MEMBERS PROJECTING FROM SAID ANNULAR BODY PORTION, SAID LEG MEMBERS CORRESPONDING IN NUMBER AND SPACING TO SAID RADIALLY RELIEVED AREAS AND HAVING AN OUTER PERIPHERAL SURFACE COMPLEMENTARY TO SAID ANGULARLY DISPOSED, JUXTAPOSED FLAT WALL PORTIONS TO FACILITATE ASSEMBLY OF SAID LOCKING AND SEALING INSERT WITH SAID PERIPHERALLY CONTINUOUS NUT BODY MEANS WHILE PREVENTING RELATIVE ROTATION THEREBETWEEN, SAID LEG MEMBERS PRESENTING SURFACES EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY TO AT LEAST THE CREST DIAMETER OF ADJACENT THREADED SIDE WALL SURFACES, THE THREADED MALE MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE RECEIVED WITHIN THE ANNULAR BODY PORTION OF SAID LOCKING AND SEALING INSERT AND COOPERATING WITH SAID SURFACES OF THE LEG MEMBERS WHEN THREADABLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID PERIPHERALLY CONTINUOUS NUT BODY MEANS WHEREBY TO LOCK SAID THREADED MALE MEMBER AND SAID LOCKING NUT AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED RETROGRADE MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER AND PROVIDE A SEAL THROUGHOUT THEIR THREADABLY ASSOCIATED HEIGHT.