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Shackleless padlock

  • US 4,953,371 A
  • Filed: 12/11/1989
  • Issued: 09/04/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Improved padlock for securing a latching member, comprising:

  • (a) main case having a bottom, spaced-apart side walls and an upper wall with at least one shaft-receiving bore therein, said walls enclosing a locking mechanism, and including portions of said side walls that extend upwardly beyond said case upper wall and that surround said at least one bore, and said upper wall having an upper face providing a first shaped portion for engaging a latching member;

    (b) latching head, disposed above said main case, and having at least one shaft-like connecting member fixedly attached to said head and extending from the bottom of said head into said at least one bore to make lockable engagement and limited axial movement therein, said head having outer wall portions that are slidably embraced within said upwardly extending side wall portions of said case for guiding said head in vertical movement relative to said case and for shielding said at least one shaft-like connecting member, and said latching head having a lower face providing a second shaped portion for engaging a latching member;

    (c) wherein said padlock has a locked position in which said at least one shaft-like member is locked within said case and said first shaped portion lies in close proximity to said second shaped portion, and said latching head being releasable to an open position in which said first and second shaped portions are spaced apart wherein said first shaped portion is contoured with a first arcuate groove, and a second arcuate groove lies in said second shaped portion, and said first and second grooves adapted to grasp and hold a U-shaped member when said padlock is in locked position, anda third arcuate groove in said second shaped portion, and wherein when said padlock is in locked position, said first, second and third grooves are adapted to grasp and hold a U-shaped member in a first orientation with respect to said padlock in which said first and second arcuate grooves grasp said U-shaped member, or in a second orientation at about 90°

    to said first orientation in which said third arcuate groove grasps said U-shaped member.

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