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US 7,377,135 B2Granted
Multipurpose portable lock
OwnerGary D. Copusinventor
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Abstract
A portable multipurpose lock having a shackle base with two parallel rods having opposing interior sides with spaced-apart detents, an adjustable lock body with through holes for slidable insertion of the rods, a lock for engaging the rods to secure and lock the lock body on the rods, and one or more recesses formed in the shackle base, lock body, or both, which facilitates placement of the lock around an object or objects to be secured.
Claims10
A multipurpose portable lock, comprising:
- a shackle base having a front side, a rear side, a right side and a left side, a top, a substantially planar bottom, a first rod and a second rod, said rods having opposing interior sides with spaced-apart detents;
- an adjustable lock body having front and rear sides, a right side, a left side, a bottom side, a top side opposing said bottom side, and upper and lower through holes for slidably receiving said rods;
- a mounting plate and mounting shafts for attaching said mounting plate to said rear side of said lock body or said rear side of said shackle base in a spaced-apart relationship;
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- lock means disposed in said lock body for engaging said rods and thereby to secure said lock body on said rods;
- wherein said mounting plate includes a recess permitting placement of said lock around an object or objects to be secured when said rods are secured in the through holes in said lock body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.