Lockable shackle apparatus and method of use

A lockable shackle apparatus comprising:

• a cylindrical stopper body including a first end, a second end, a first passageway defined through the stopper body, and a second passageway defined through the stopper body, each of the first and second passageways having a respective axis laying in a common plane bisecting the cylindrical stopper body, the first passageway positioned closer to the first end than to the second end, the second passageway positioned closer to the second end than to the first end;
• a rope positioned through the first and second passageways such that a majority of the rope extends from a first pair of adjacent ends of the first and second passageways;
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• a flexible lock including a first lock hole, a second lock hole, and a third lock hole, wherein one of the first, second, or third lock holes is configured to received the majority of the rope therethrough and be positioned adjacent to the stopper body, further wherein a different one of the first, second, or third lock holes is configured to be positioned over the first end of the stopper body and a remaining one of the first, second, or third lock holes is configured to be positioned over the second end of the stopper body.

A method of using a lockable shackle apparatus comprising:

• (a) providing a stopper block with a rope loop extending therefrom and a locking mechanism received on the rope loop such that the locking mechanism is positioned proximate to the stopper block with a majority of the rope loop extending through the locking mechanism away from the stopper block;
• (b) looping a distal portion of the rope loop over the stopper block between the stopper block and the locking mechanism;
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• (c) positioning first and second free ends of the locking mechanism over respective first and second ends of the stopper block to lock the distal portion of the rope loop around the stopper block.