Patent ID: 9528302
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A link system, comprising: a single body with no movable parts and comprising first and second opposing arms, each arm being formed by a protruding part of the single body bent into a concave shape, the first arm defining a first holding space between the first arm and a first part of the single body and the second arm defining a second holding space between the second arm and a second part of the single body, the first holding space and the second holding space comprising opposing concave shapes to one another, the single body comprising an entry space formed between an end point of the first arm and an end point of the second arm, the entry space being connected to the first and second holding spaces, the single body also comprising an aperture; a first and a second chain member, the first chain member being threaded onto the first arm of the single body to occupy the first holding space and the second chain member being threaded onto the second arm of the single body to occupy the second holding space, wherein the first and second chain members do not occupy the same holding space; a padlock with a lock body and a shackle, the shackle being threaded through the aperture in the single body, the lock body occupying the entry space, and the shackle being locked to the lock body; and wherein the lock body cannot be removed from the entry space, the first chain member cannot be removed from the first arm and the second chain member cannot be removed from the second arm; wherein a tension caused by a load transferred through the first and second chain member is borne by the single body, the first arm, and the second arm, and not borne by the padlock.