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US 12,448,813 B2Granted
Object shaped combination padlock
AssigneeThe Sun Lock Company Ltd.
InventorKarl Lai
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Abstract
An object padlock comprising, an object looking cover/body shape, at least one dial to control the opening of the lock as a primary control mechanism which is said to be a combination mode, a locking means such as a cable with one end always in the padlock and the other end such as a flexible-end can be locked and opened via a combination dial control, and at least a cylinder to control the opening of the lock as a secondary control mechanism which is said to be unlock by key mode.
Claims31
An object padlock, comprising:
- an object looking cover/body;
- a primary control mechanism comprising at least one dial having an inner-dial configured to control operation of the object padlock, wherein the primary control mechanism is a combination control mechanism,
- a cable a fixed end always in the object padlock and a flexible-end configured to be locked and opened via at least the combination control mechanism, wherein when the flexible-end is locked the object padlock is in a locked mode, and when the flexible-end is opened via the combination control mechanism the object padlock is in a combination lock open mode,
- a second control mechanism comprising at least a cylinder configured to control operation of the object padlock, wherein the secondary control mechanism is a key mode control mechanism, and when the flexible-end of the cable is opened via the key mode control mechanism the object padlock is in a key lock open mode,
- a clutch for each dial of the at least one dial, and each clutch operatively engaged with the corresponding inner-dial of each dial of the at least one dial,
- at least one control plate configured for operative engagement with at least one clutch of the at least one clutches and configured to control opening of the object padlock at least through the combination control mechanism,
- a connected plate configured fro operative engagement with the at least one control plate, and
- a button configured for operative engagement with the at least one control plate,
- wherein the control plate comprises a cutout configured to receive an extended-pointer of the connected plate and a wing of the button, so that the control plate, the connected plate and the button are in a sandwiched position and configured to move jointly together.
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An object padlock, comprising:
- an object looking cover/body,
- at least one dial to control operation of the object padlock as a primary control mechanism, wherein the primary control mechanism is a combination control mechanism,
- a cable with a fixed end always in the object padlock and a flexible-end configured to be locked and opened via at least the combination control mechanism, and
- a secondary control mechanism comprising at least a cylinder to control operation of the object padlock, wherein the second control mechanism is a key mode control mechanism,
- wherein the object looking cover/shape has the shape of a car, and the object padlock further comprises four dials, wherein the dials have an appearance of wheels,
- wherein the combination control mechanism comprises an exterior-dial, inner-dial, a clutch, a control-plate, a connected-plate, a button, and a spring-loaded member configured to control movement of a cam and a bolt to cause engagement and disengagement of the bolt and a bolt-receiving-output of the flexible-end of the cable.
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An object padlock, comprising
- an object looking cover/body,
- a primary control mechanism comprising at least one dial comprising an inner-dial configured to control operation of the object padlock, wherein the primary control mechanism is a combination control mechanism,
- a cable having a fixed end always in the object padlock and a flexible-end configured to be locked and opened via at least the combination control mechanism,
- a secondary control mechanism comprising at least a cylinder to control operation of the object padlock, wherein the second control mechanism is a key mode control mechanism,
- a clutch for each dial of the at least one dial, and each clutch operatively engaged with the inner-dial of each dial of the at least one dial,
- at least one control plate configured for operative engagement with at least one clutch and configured to control opening of the object padlock at least through the combination control mechanism,
- a connected plate configured for operative engagement with the at least one control plate, and
- a button configured for operative engagement with the at least one control plate,
- wherein the object looking cover/shape has the shape of an animal with four legs, wherein each dial has a appearance of one of the legs of the four legs,
- wherein the control plate comprises a cutout configured to receive an extended-pointer of the connected plate and a wing of the button, so that the control plate, the connected plate and the button are in a sandwiched position and configured to move jointly together.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.