Suitcase lock assembly

A suitcase lock assembly comprising:

• a base casing;
• a lock housing having at least two wells;
• a movable plate mounted in said lock housing and movable relative to said lock housing between a first position and a second position;
• a push-button lock mounted in said lock housing, said push-button lock comprising at least two push buttons for upward and downward movement in said lock housing, at least two first spring members, a movable member, and a return device, said push buttons each having a first groove and a second groove located below said first groove and alternately arranged, said spring members being sleeved onto said push buttons respectively and mounted in said wells inside said lock housing, said movable member being movable forwards and backwards in said lock housing and having at least two wings and a stop end, a first of said at least two wings being engaged into the first groove of each of at least one of said push buttons and a second of said at least two wings being respectively engaged into the second groove of each of the other push buttons of said push buttons and the stop end of said movable member being stopped against said movable plate when said push-button lock is unlocked, said first and second wings being disengaged from the first and second grooves of said push buttons and said stop end of said movable member being separated from said movable plate when said push-button lock is locked, said return device being movably mounted inside said lock housing and connected to said movable member;
• a pin tumbler lock mounted in said lock housing and rotatable between a locking position and an unlocking position, said pin tumbler lock having an actuating block, said actuating block being stopped against said movable plate when said pin tumbler lock is located at said unlocking position, said actuating block being separated from said movable plate when said pin tumbler lock is located at said locking position;
• two locking units each having a holder frame mounted in said base casing, a locking cover pivoted to said holder frame, a push block mounted to said locking cover, and a spring member connected between said locking cover and said push block, said locking cover having a retaining rod;
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• two linking units movably mounted in said base casing and corresponding to said locking units, said linking units each having a spring member, a first link, a second link, and a third link, said spring member being connected between an end of said first link and the holder frame of one of said locking units, said second link having an end coupled to the other opposite end of said first link, said third link having an end coupled to the other opposite end of said second link for stopping against said movable plate;
• wherein when said movable plate is located at said first position, the other opposite ends of said third links of said linking units are stopped against said movable plate, said push blocks are prohibited from moving said linking units, and the locking covers of said locking units are prohibited from pivoting movement relative to the corresponding holder frames;
• when said movable plate is located at said second position, the opposite ends of the third links of said linking units are free from the constraint of said movable plate, said push blocks are movable to drive said linking units to move, and the locking covers of said locking units are pivotable relative to the corresponding holder frames.