ZIPPER LOCK

• US 20080236212A1
• Filed: 08/09/2007
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Min-Tsung Ma
• Original Assignee: Min-Tsung Ma
• Inventors: MA, Min-Tsung
• Application Number:
  US11/836,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20080236212A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 70/77
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 37/0034 actuated by either
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 37/12 with tumbler discs on several axes
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 65/52 Other locks for chests, boxes, trunks, baskets, travelling bags, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5093 For closures
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/7181 Tumbler type

Abstract

A zipper lock includes a combination lock, a pin tumbler lock, a swivel member and two latches. The swivel member is disengaged from the latches for allowing movement of the latches when the combination lock shows the correct permutation. The pin tumbler lock has an actuating block rotatable with the key to move the swivel member away from the latches for allowing movement of the latches so as to enable the pull-tabs of the zipper be inserted into or pulled away from a lock housing of the zipper lock. Therefore, the user is allowed to selectively unlock the zipper lock either by means of the combination lock or the pin tumbler lock.

Claims

1. A zipper lock comprising:

a lock housing having a first lock notch and a second lock notch;

a first latch slidably mounted in the lock housing and having a locking rod movable in and out of the first lock notch;

a second latch slidably mounted in the lock housing and having a locking rod movable in and out of the second lock notch;

two spring members respectively biasing the first latch and the second latch to support the first latch and the second latch in the first lock notch and the second lock notch in normal manner;

a swivel member pivotally mounted in the locking housing and moveable between a first position where the swivel member is stoppable against the first latch and the second latch to prohibit movement of the first latch and the second latch, and a second position where the swivel member is spaced from the first latch and the second latch for allowing movement of the first latch and the second latch relative to the lock housing;

a combination lock mounted in the lock housing, the combination lock including a plurality of number wheels and a movable plate coupled to the number wheels, the number wheels each having a retaining notch, the movable plate having a plurality of retaining protrusions and a push portion, the retaining protrusions engaging the retaining notches of the number wheels respectively and the push portion being stopped against the swivel member to bias the swivel member from the first position to the second position when the combination lock is unlocked, the retaining protrusions being disengaged from the retaining notches of the number wheels and the push portion being disengaged from the swivel member when the combination lock is locked; and

a pin tumbler lock mounted in the lock housing and rotatable between a locking position and an unlocking position, the pin tumbler lock comprising an actuating block, the actuating block being stopped against the swivel member when the pin tumbler lock is in the unlocking position, the actuating block being separated from the swivel member when the pin tumbler lock is in the locking position.

2. The zipper lock as claimed in claim 1, wherein the push portion has a beveled edge for stopping against the swivel member to bias the swivel member from the first position to the second position.

3. The zipper lock as claimed in claim 1, wherein the actuating block has a beveled edge for stopping against the swivel member to bias the swivel member from the first position to the second position.

4. The zipper lock as claimed in claim 1, wherein the swivel member has a pivot portion pivoted to the lock housing, a stop portion extending from the pivot portion for stopping against the first latch and the second latch, a wing portion for stopping against the actuating block, and a connection portion connected between the pivot portion and the wing portion for stopping against the push portion.