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US 2007/0180871 A1Published application
Storage lock
OwnerChris Irgens, Ken Burmesch +1inventors
InventorsChris Irgens, Ken Burmesch, Frank Scott
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Abstract
A lock includes a lock body and a separate removable shackle rotatably mounted within the lock body. The shackle may include a head portion at an end of a shackle stem. The shackle head may rotate with respect to the shackle stem.
Claims21
A lock comprising:
- a shackle comprising a shackle stem that includes a lock engagement feature at a first distal end;
- a lock body that is separable from the shackle and comprises a locking mechanism coupled to a shackle retaining mechanism, the locking mechanism operative to place the shackle retaining mechanism in either a shackle hold position in which the shackle retaining mechanism retains the lock engagement feature to connect the shackle to the lock body or a shackle release position in which the shackle retaining mechanism does not retain the lock engagement feature to connect the shackle to the lock body;
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- wherein the lock engagement feature is retained by the shackle retaining mechanism such that the shackle can be rotated with respect to the lock body about a shackle stem longitudinal axis.
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A method of securing two hasps to each other comprising:
- providing a lock body and shackle that is completely separable from the lock body, the shackle having a shackle stem;
- passing the shackle stem through openings in each hasp;
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- rotatably securing the shackle to the lock body with a locking mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.