Lock assembly with removable shackle
AssigneeSolidbody Technology Company
InventorsSteven A. Fantl, Patrick Smith
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Abstract
A lock assembly includes a lock body with a shackle. The shackle has a leg. A locking element is disposed in the lock body and is selectively engageable to the shackle. A cam is disposed in the lock body and includes a locked position, an unlocked position and a shackle removal position. The leg includes a shackle removal recess that only partially extends circumferentially about an outer peripheral surface disposed about a longitudinal axis of the leg and is sized to receive the first locking element sufficiently to permit movement of the cam to the shackle removal position. The shackle is rotatable in the unlocked position to expose the shackle removal recess to the locking element.
Claims14
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;
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- wherein said first leg has a shackle removal recess that only partially extends circumferentially about an outer peripheral surface disposed about a longitudinal axis of said first leg and is sized to receive said first locking element sufficiently so as to permit movement of said cam to a shackle removal position.
A method of distributing a lock assembly, comprising the steps of:
- providing a lock body with a first removable shackle having an engagement feature of a predetermined dimension to mate with the lock body and a shackle removal recess that only partially extends circumferentially about an outer peripheral surface disposed about a longitudinal axis of a first leg of the removable shackle;
- packaging a second removable shackle with the first removable shackle and the lock body, the first removable shackle different from the second removable shackle;
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- providing the second removable shackle with the engagement feature and the shackle removal recess.
A lock assembly, comprising:
- a lock body;
- a shackle having a leg;
- a locking element disposed in said lock body, said locking element selectively engageable to said shackle;
- a cam disposed in said lock body, wherein said cam includes a first recess, a second recess, a third recess and a fourth recess each selectively engageable to said locking element;
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- wherein said leg has a shackle removal recess that only partially extends circumferentially about an outer peripheral surface disposed about a longitudinal axis of said leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.