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US 11,795,734 B2Granted
Padlock
AssigneeTnbt Holdings Pty Ltd
InventorZsolt Szarka-Kovacs
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a lock comprising a movably housed shackle stop, a shackle that is movably mounted and a shackle stop receiver for receiving the shackle stop to immobilise the shackle. The lock includes a shackle stop actuator is pivotable around a laterally orientated pivot axis and comprises a lateral cam surface configured to outwardly move the shackle stop into receipt by the shackle stop receiver. The lock includes a body configured to simultaneously receive a plurality of cylinder locks for actuation of the shackle stop actuator by any one of the plurality of cylinder locks.
Claims19
A padlock comprising:
- a movably housed shackle stop;
- a shackle that is movably mounted and comprising two arms and a shackle stop receiver for receiving the shackle stop to immobilize the shackle;
- a shackle stop actuator pivotable around a laterally extending pivot axis and comprising a lateral cam surface configured to outwardly move the shackle stop into receipt by the shackle stop receiver;
- a body configured to simultaneously receive a plurality of cylinder locks for actuation of the shackle stop actuator by any one of the plurality of cylinder locks and define a plurality of cylinder lock cavities for receiving the plurality of cylinder locks;
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- wherein a longitudinal axis extending through an axis of rotation of each of the plurality of cylinder locks is offset from the laterally extending pivot axis of the shackle stop actuator and wherein each longitudinally extending rotational axis and the laterally extending pivot axis are nonparallel and do not intersect.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.