Lock assembly with removable shackle
AssigneeCommando Lock LLC
InventorsSteven Fantl, Patrick Smith
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Abstract
A lock assembly has a lock body and a shackle. The shackle has a leg. A locking element is disposed in the lock body. The locking element is selectively engageable to the shackle. A cam is disposed in the lock body. The cam has a lock position for moving the locking element to engage the shackle. There is also an unlocked position for moving the locking element to disengage the shackle. The cam has a shackle removal position for removing the shackle from the lock body. The leg has a shackle removal recess sized to receive the locking element sufficiently so as to permit movement of the cam to the shackle removal position. The cam is configured to displace the locking element into the shackle removal recess.
Claims20
A lock assembly comprising:
- a lock body;
- a shackle having a first leg;
- a first locking element disposed in said lock body, said first locking element selectively engageable to said shackle;
- a cam disposed in said lock body, said cam having a locked position for moving said first locking element to engage said shackle, an unlocked position for moving said first locking element to disengage said shackle, and a shackle removal position for selectively removing said shackle from said lock body;
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- wherein said first leg has a shackle removal recess sized to receive said first locking element sufficiently so as to permit movement of said cam to said shackle removal position, said cam configured to displace said first locking element into said shackle removal recess.
A lock assembly comprising:
- a lock body;
- a shackle having a first leg;
- a first locking element disposed in said lock body, said first locking element selectively engageable to said shackle;
- an actuator disposed in said lock body, said actuator having a locked position for moving said first locking element to engage said shackle, an unlocked position for moving said first locking element to disengage said shackle, and a shackle removal position for selectively removing said shackle from said lock body;
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- wherein said first leg has a shackle removal recess configured to receive said locking element to remove said shackle from said lock body.
A method of distributing a lock assembly, comprising the steps of:
- providing a lock body with a first removable shackle having an engagement feature of a predetermined dimension to mate with the lock body, the lock body having an actuator movable in at least three positions, a locked position for locking the first removable shackle to the lock body, an unlocked position for unlocking the first removable shackle from the lock body, and a shackle removal position for removing the first removable shackle from the lock body;
- packaging a second removable shackle with the first removable shackle and the lock body, the first removable shackle different than the second removable shackle;
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- providing the second removable shackle with the engagement feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.