Padlock shackle protective sleeve

A padlock with a body and a U-Shaped shackle, the shackle diameter being consistent throughout the entire length of the shackle, the shackle comprising, i) a straight shackle heel, ii) a U-Shaped shackle head, iii) a straight shackle toe, the padlock also comprising:

• a) a slide-on sleeve attached to the shackle toe, the sleeve comprising;
• i) a sleeve-first-end, ii) a sleeve-second-end, and iii) a sleeve-trunk, the sleeve mostly covering or surrounding a portion of the shackle-toe nearest the U-Shaped shackle-head,
• b) the sleeve-trunk fits tightly around the shackle-toe;
• c) the sleeve-first-end inside diameter (ID) being the same diameter as the sleeve-trunk inside diameter (ID), the sleeve first-end fits tightly around the shackle-toe, the sleeve first-end abutting the U-Shaped bend of the shackle-head, the sleeve-second-end being the portion of the sleeve closest to the padlock body, the sleeve-trunk is the area of the sleeve between the sleeve-first-end and the sleeve-second-end, the sleeve wall thickness being of sufficient thickness such as ¼ of an inch to ½″ of an inch of wall thickness to prevent a jawed manual bolt cutter tool from positioning the cutting edges of the jaws on the straight shackle-toe near the sleeve first-end, therefore, inhibiting or preventing the jaws of the jawed manual bolt-cutter tool from cutting the shackle at the straight shackle-toe near the sleeve first-end, the jaws outside edge to jaws cutting edge preevents ;
• d) the sleeve second end positioned to provide a shackle-toe-insert-area of the shackle-toe not covered or surrounded by the sleeve, the shackle-toe-insert-area being of sufficient length to allow the shackle-toe-insert-area passage through and remaining in an external device providing a hole, staple, or link with the shackle toe locked in the body of the padlock,
• e) the sleeve comprising sufficient strength to deter a jawed manual bolt cutting tool from cutting apart the portions of the shackle covered by the sleeve;
• f) at least one portion of the outside diameter (OD) of the sleeve being sized sufficiently large enough to prevent the sleeve from passing through a hole, staple, or link that the shackle-toe fits into wherein the shackle-toe maintains typical space between the shackle outside diameter (OD) and the hole, staple, or link inside diameter (ID), the typical space allowing for necessary but minimal shackle movement within the hole, staple, or link,
• the sleeve inhibits or prevents the jawed manual bolt cutter tool from cutting apart the shackle-toe near the sleeve first-end;
• and
• with the padlock installed in a locked position on the external device such as a latching mechanism, and the length of the sleeve sized properly, the sleeve inhibits or prevents the jawed manual bolt cutter tool from cutting apart the shackle-toe between the sleeve second-end and the latching mechanism, and the sleeve inhibits or prevents the jawed manual bolt cutter tool from cutting apart the shackle-toe between the latching mechanism and the padlock body.