Lock assembly with removable shackle
AssigneeCommando Lock LLC
InventorsSteven A. Fantl, Patrick Smith
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Abstract
A lock assembly has a lock body and a shackle. The shackle has a leg. A locking element is disposed in the lock body. The locking element is selectively engageable to the shackle. A cam is disposed in the lock body. The cam has a lock position for moving the locking element to engage the shackle. There is also an unlocked position for moving the locking element to disengage the shackle. The cam has a shackle removal position for removing the shackle from the lock body. The leg has a shackle removal recess sized to receive the locking element sufficiently so as to permit movement of the cam to the shackle removal position. The cam is configured to displace the locking element into the shackle removal recess.
Claims12
A lock assembly comprising:
- a lock body;
- a shackle having a first leg;
- a first locking element disposed in said lock body, said first locking element selectively engageable to said shackle;
- a cam disposed in said lock body, said cam having a locked position for moving said first locking element to engage said shackle, an unlocked position for moving said first locking element to a first recess of said cam to disengage said shackle, a locking element displacement position to displace said first locking element into a shackle removal recess of said first leg, and a shackle removal position for moving said first locking element into a second, deeper recess of said cam for selectively removing said shackle from said lock body;
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- wherein said cam includes a third recess and a fourth recess, and said first recess, said second, deeper recess, said third recess and said fourth recess are each circumferentially disposed about an outer peripheral surface of said cam, and said first recess, said second, deeper recess, said third recess and said fourth recess are each selectively engageable to at least one of said first locking element and a second locking element disposed in said lock body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.