Portable lock apparatus
AssigneeSchlage Lock Company LLC
InventorsRamamohan Bhaskar Shettigar, Marco Stunnebrink, Arjun S. Kunnath
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Abstract
An exemplary security apparatus generally includes a tether, a head, and a body. The head is secured to the tether, and generally includes a plug including a latch and an actuator at least selectively operable to move the latch from a latching position to an unlatching position. The body is secured to the tether, and includes a port operable to receive the plug. With the plug received in the port, the latch prevents separation of the head and the body when the latch is in the latching position, and does not prevent separation of the head and the body when the latch is in the unlatching position.
Claims22
A system, comprising:
- a portable lock apparatus comprising a first port and a first lock mechanism operable to selectively retain the portable lock apparatus in a closed condition;
- and
- a security apparatus, comprising:
- a tether;
- and
- a head secured to the tether, wherein the head comprises:
- a plug configured to be received in the first port, the plug comprising a latch having a latching position and an unlatching position;
- and
- an actuator at least selectively operable to move the latch from the latching position to the unlatching position;
- wherein, with the plug received in the first port, the latch in the latching position prevents removal of the plug from the first port;
- and
- wherein, with the plug received in the first port, the latch in the unlatching position does not prevent removal of the plug from the first port.
A security apparatus, comprising:
- a tether;
- a head secured to the tether, the head comprising:
- a plug comprising a latch that is movable between a latching position and an unlatching position;
- and
- an actuator at least selectively operable to move the latch from the latching position to the unlatching position;
- and
- a body secured to the tether, the body comprising a port operable to receive the plug;
- wherein, with the plug received in the port, the latch prevents separation of the head and the body when the latch is in the latching position;
- and
- wherein, with the plug received in the port, the latch does not prevent separation of the head and the body when the latch is in the unlatching position.
A security apparatus, comprising:
- a tether;
- a head secured to the tether, the head comprising:
- a plug comprising a latch;
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- an actuator at least selectively operable to move the latch from a latching position to an unlatching position;
- and
- a body secured to the tether, the body comprising a port operable to receive the plug;
- wherein, with the plug received in the port, the latch prevents separation of the head and the body when the latch is in the latching position;
- wherein, with the plug received in the port, the latch does not prevent separation of the head and the body when the latch is in the unlatching position;
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- wherein the head further comprises a lock mechanism operable to selectively prevent the actuator from moving the latch from the latching position to the unlatching position.
A system, comprising:
- a portable lock apparatus comprising a first port and a first lock mechanism operable to selectively retain the portable lock apparatus in a closed condition;
- and
- a security tether comprising:
- a first end portion including a plug configured to be received in the first port, wherein the plug comprises a latch;
- and
- a second end portion comprising a loop and a body defining a second port sized and shaped to receive the plug;
- wherein the system has a first configuration in which a portion of the security tether passes through the loop, the plug is received in the first port, and the latch selectively prevents removal of the plug from the first port;
- and
- wherein the system has a second configuration in which the plug is received in the second port and the latch selectively prevents removal of the plug from the second port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.