Adjustable cable lock

A lock construction, comprising:

• a) a housing having an exterior surface and defining an interior cavity;
• b) an elongated member having a first portion secured to said housing and a second portion slidably receivable within said interior cavity to form a loop and capture an object with said housing and for movement between at least one locked position within said housing to an unlocked position for releasing said object from said loop;
• c) a first member movably disposed in said interior cavity of said housing to slidably engage said elongated member in said locked position to prevent movement of said elongated member within said interior cavity in a first direction;
• d) a second member movably disposed in said interior cavity and operatively associated with said first member, prohibiting movement of said first member;
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• e) a locking mechanism disposed within said housing and disengageable with said first member to permit movement of said first member and thereby allow movement of said elongated member in said first direction, but not in the direction opposite from said from first direction, and disengageable with said second member to allow said second member to prevent movement of said elongated member from said locked position;
• wherein said locking mechanism comprises a first protrusion extending from said locking mechanism and rotatable therewith to engage and urge said first member away from said elongated member to said unlocked position and thereby allowing movement of said elongated member, and a second protrusion extending from said locking mechanism and rotatable therewith to engage and urge said second member away from said first member and thereby allowing movement of said elongated member to different locked positions when said first protrusion of said locking mechanism is out of engagement with said first member.

A lock construction, comprising:

• a) a housing having an exterior surface and defining an interior cavity;
• b) a passageway disposed in said housing, extending from said interior cavity to an opening disposed on said exterior surface;
• c) an elongated flexible member having a first portion secured to said housing and a second portion slidably receivable within said housing in a first direction to form a loop and capture an object and in a second direction for releasing said object from said loop;
• d) a first member slidably disposed in said interior cavity of said housing forming a portion of said passageway and slideable within said interior cavity to form different sizes of said portion of said passageway to lockingly engage said elongated member to prevent movement of said elongated member in said second direction;
• e) a second member disposed in said interior cavity of said housing and movable to engage said first member and thereby prevent movement of said elongated member in said first and second directions;
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• f) a locking mechanism disposed within said housing and disengageable with said first member to permit movement of said first member to form different sizes of said portion of said passageway and disengageable with said second member to allow said second member to prevent said first member from forming different sizes of said portion of said passageway.

A lock construction, comprising:

• a) a housing having an exterior surface and defining an interior cavity;
• b) a cable having a first portion secured to said housing and a second portion slidably receivable within said interior cavity to form a loop and capture an object with said housing and for movement between at least one locked position within said housing to an unlocked position for releasing said object from said loop;
• c) a first member movably disposed in said interior cavity of said housing to slidably engage said cable in said locked position to prevent movement of said cable within said interior cavity in a first direction;
• d) a second member movably disposed in said interior cavity and operatively associated with said first member, prohibiting movement of said first member;
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• e) a locking mechanism disposed within said housing and disengageable with said first member to permit movement of said first member and thereby allow movement of said cable in said first direction, but not in said second direction, and disengageable with said second member to allow said second member to prevent movement of said cable.

A lock construction comprising:

• a) a housing having an exterior surface and defining an interior cavity;
• b) a cable having a first portion secured to said housing and a second portion slidably receivable within said interior cavity of the lock construction housing;
• c) a first member movably disposed in said interior cavity of said housing to slidably engage said cable;
• d) a second member movably disposed in said interior cavity and operatively associated with said first member;
• e) a locking mechanism disposed within said housing and disengageable with said first member and said second member;
• wherein said locking mechanism has at least three different positions:
• an unlocked position wherein the locking mechanism engages both said first member and said second member and said cable is free to move in the interior cavity in either direction;
• a cinched position wherein the locking mechanism disengages said first member allowing said first member to move to a first locked position wherein said cable can move in the direction towards the interior cavity of said housing, but not outward from the interior cavity of said housing;
• and a locked position wherein said locking mechanism disengages said second member allowing said second member to move into camming engagement with said first member, thereby securing said first member in a second locked position wherein said cable can not move inward toward or outward from the interior cavity of said housing.