Lockset

• US 10,156,087 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2015
• Issued: 12/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sinox Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Sinox Company Limited
• Inventors: Yu, Chia-Fang
• Primary Examiner(s): Boswell, Christopher J
• Application Number:
  US14/814,189
• Publication Number:
  US 20160032620A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,237 Days
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 37/0031 Locks with both permutation and key actuation E05B17/145 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 37/0034 actuated by either
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 37/02 with tumbler discs or rings arranged on a single axis, each disc being adjustable independently of the others
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 65/0092 for wardrobe trunks
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 65/52 Other locks for chests, boxes, trunks, baskets, travelling bags, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 65/5215 sliding
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 3/041 rotating about an axis perpendicular to the surface on which the fastener is mounted

Abstract

The present invention generally relates to a lockset for use with a luggage including a first body and a second body. The lockset includes a housing embedded in a first side of the first body and a rotatable combination lock disposed in the housing revealing discs. When the rotatable combination lock is locked, the rotatable combination lock could not rotate in the housing and limits the second body not to open from the first body; when the rotatable combination lock is unlocked, the rotatable combination lock could be rotated to an unlock-position in the housing and frees the second body open from the first body.

Claims

1. A lockset for use with a luggage including a first body and a second body, comprising:

a housing embedded in a first side face of the first body; and

a rotatable combination lock disposed in the housing revealing discs, wherein neither the housing nor the rotatable combination lock protrude from the first side face, wherein the rotatable combination lock can be rotated in the housing to an unlock-position;

when the rotatable combination lock is locked, the rotatable combination lock could not rotate in the housing and limits the second body not to open from the first body;

when the rotatable combination lock is unlocked, the rotatable combination lock could be rotated to the unlock-position in the housing and frees the second body open from the first body.

2. The lockset of claim 1, wherein the housing further reveals a key hole for a matching key inserting to unlock the lockset.

3. The lockset of claim 1, wherein the side of the luggage includes a port, the second body includes a tongue extending toward the lockset and into the port.

4. The lockset of claim 3, wherein the rotatable combination lock includes a locker, when the rotatable combination lock is locked, the tongue extends into the port and is secured by the locker in the port, to limit the second body not to open from the first body, when the rotatable combination lock rotates to an unlock-position, the locker releases the tongue freed to depart from the port, to open the second body from the first body.

5. The lockset of claim 1, wherein the lockset is disposed across the first body and the second body of the case.

6. The lockset of claim 5, wherein the housing is embedded in the first body, and a part of the housing protrudes from the edge of the first body, a recess is disposed on the second body in a shape corresponding to the protruding part of the housing and contains the part of the housing protruding from the first body, a tongue extending into the housing is disposed on the surface of the recess, when the rotatable combination lock is locked, the tongue is secured by the rotatable combination lock in the housing to limit the second body not to open from the first body, when the rotatable combination lock is unlocked and rotated to an unlock-position, the tongue is freed by the rotatable combination lock to open the second body from the first body.