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Padlock

  • US 8,931,314 B2
  • Filed: 06/21/2013
  • Issued: 01/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A padlock comprising:

  • a housing having a wall;

    a block disposed on the housing and being movable with respect to the housing to either one of a first position and a second position;

    wherein the block includes a receptacle in a top and a gap in a periphery and in communication with the receptacle;

    when the block is located in the first position, the gap is facing directly at the wall of the housing; and

    when the block is located in the second position, the gap is facing away from the wall of the housing; and

    a shackle having a long arm partly disposed in the housing, and a short arm extending from the long arm and located outside the housing;

    wherein the short arm is rotatable to or off a confining position about the long arm;

    wherein the short arm of the shackle has a distal end, when the block is located in the first position and the short arm of the shackle is located in the confining position, the distal end of the short arm of the shackle is in the receptacle of the block and the gap of the block is blocked by the wall of the housing;

    when the block is located in the second position, the gap of the block is no longer blocked by the wall of the housing, so that the distal end of the short arm of the shackle is allowed to access the receptacle of the block through the gap of the block.

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