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Locking device for product display hooks, showcases, cabinets, fixtures, and casework

  • US 10,184,270 B2
  • Filed: 08/17/2016
  • Issued: 01/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A locking device comprising:

  • an outer housing including an outer wall and a hollow cylindrical interior, the hollow cylindrical interior having a longitudinal axis, the outer housing further including an opening to the hollow cylindrical interior and a first slot, the first slot of the outer housing extending from at least one aperture in the outer wall to the interior of the outer housing and traversing the longitudinal axis;

    an inner body mounted inside the outer housing, the inner body including a first slot;

    a shell having a projection, the shell being at least partially disposed through the opening and into the hollow cylindrical interior of the outer housing and longitudinally moveable within the interior of the outer housing, wherein, in a locked position, the projection of the shell is maintained in the first slot of the outer housing;

    a cylinder plug including a key hole, tumblers, and an arced channel, the cylinder plug contained within the shell and rotatable relative to the shell when a proper key is inserted in the key hole and rotated; and

    a barrel pin disposed through a wall of the shell, such that a first portion of the barrel pin projects toward the interior of the shell into the arced channel to rotatably retain the cylinder plug in the shell, and a second portion of the barrel pin projects toward the exterior of the shell into the first slot of the inner body to control the longitudinal motion of the shell.

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