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US 2015/0204111 A1Published application
Padlock cylinder retention
AssigneeKwikset Corporation
InventorsSCOTT CALVIN BAKER, MATTHEW JACOB RICHMAN
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Abstract
A padlock with a removable lock cylinder. A retaining member couples the lock cylinder to the padlock's body. In some embodiments, the retaining member includes a flange for actuating the retaining member between a retained position and a released position. The flange is accessible through an opening of the lock body when the shackle is in the unlocked position and inaccessible when the shackle is in the locked position.
Claims21
A padlock comprising:
- a body;
- a shackle movable relative to the body between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the shackle includes a first arm movably installed within a first opening of the lock body, wherein the shackle includes a second arm retained within a second opening of the lock body in the locked position and movable out of the second opening of the lock body in the unlocked position;
- a lock cylinder within the lock body;
- a retaining member movable between a first position that couples the lock cylinder with the body and a second position that releases the lock cylinder from the body;
- and
- wherein the retaining member includes a flange for actuating the retaining member between the first position and the second position, wherein the flange is accessible through the second opening of the lock body when the shackle is in the unlocked position and the flange is inaccessible when the shackle is in the locked position.
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A padlock comprising:
- a body;
- a shackle movable relative to the body between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the shackle includes a first arm movably installed within a first opening of the lock body, wherein the shackle includes a second arm retained within a second opening of the lock body in the locked position and movable out of the second opening of the lock body in the unlocked position;
- a lock cylinder within the lock body;
- and
- a retaining clip comprising a first leg and a second leg extending from a flange, wherein the retaining clip is slidable between a first position in which the first leg and the second leg engage the lock cylinder to couple the lock cylinder to the body and a second position that releases the lock cylinder from the body.
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A method of removing a lock cylinder from a padlock, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a padlock including a body, a lock cylinder, a retaining member coupling the lock cylinder to the body, and a shackle movable relative to the body between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the shackle includes a first arm movably installed within a first opening of the lock body, wherein the shackle includes a second arm retained within a second opening of the lock body in the locked position and movable out of the second opening of the lock body in the unlocked position;
- unlocking the padlock and moving the second arm away from the second opening to expose the retaining member in the second opening;
- releasing the lock cylinder from the body by sliding the retaining member away from the lock cylinder;
- and
- removing the lock cylinder from the body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.