Locking means for bicycles and the like

An anti-theft locking means for bicycles comprising a key lock unit adapted for secure attachment to a bicycle frame member, a flexible tubular tether attached to the key lock unit and adapted to be extended therefrom for locking engagement with an apertured post or the like, retractable spring-urged latch means on the leading end of the tether insertable through a post aperture into locking engagement with a post wall, and a flexible control element for the retractable latch means having a connection therewith and extending through said tubular tether and being movable relative thereto and connected with a movable member on the key lock unit whose movement is controlled by a key.

An anti-theft locking means for bicycles or the like comprising a flexible tether attached to the bicycle and adapted to be extended therefrom, a plug-in latch means on the leading end of the tether adapted to be received by an aperture in a wall of an anchoring member to releasably secure the tether to the anchoring member, a key activated means on the bicycle connected with said plug-in latch means of the tether and operable to deactivate the latch means so that it can be removed from said aperture, and means forming a locking socket on the bicycle adapted to receive the plug-in latch means of the tether when the tether is looped around a stationary anchoring member, said lastnamed means comprising a lock casing attached to a frame member of the bicycle and having a socket element for the reception of the plug-in latch means and having a key lock mechanism on said casing including a movable element connected with the plug-in latch means, and said plug-in latch means including a pair of spring loaded normally extended retractable latch elements, and said movable element being connected with said latch elements to retract them when the movable element is shifted in one direction by said key activated means.

A locking means for a bicycle of the like comprising a locking unit having a receiver, means for permanently securing said locking unit to a bicycle frame member, a flexible tether having one end permanently secured to said locking unit and having a plug-in lock element to its free end and adapted to lockingly engage in said receiver, said plug-in lock element having normally extended retractable latch elements thereon, and key operable release means on said locking unit and being connected with said latch elements and operable to retract the latch elements so as to release the plug-in lock element from locked engagement with the receiver.