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US 2022/0220773 A1Published application
An Electric Lock
OwnerClint BARRETTinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to electric lock. The electric lock has a housing with a lockable clamp for securing the housing to a cycle that is adapted to receive part of a cycle frame. A tethering connector extends from the housing having first and second ends; the second end of the tethering connector is fixed to the housing and the first end of the tethering connector is secured to the housing by a lock. An alert means is provided in/on the housing. The tethering connector and the housing define an electrical circuit which is operative to trigger the alert means when the circuit is broken.
Claims18
An electric lock comprises
- a housing with a lockable clamp that secures the housing to a frame of a cycle,
- the housing receives and locks at least one of a first and a second end of a tethering connector, the tethering connector has a conductive portion so that when the two ends are locked with respect to the housing, a circuit is completed which receives electric current from a source;
- a sensor detects continuity in the circuit;
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- an alert means is operative under control of a processor to trigger an alarm when an unauthorised break of continuity is detected.
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