Patent ID: 9670693
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: E05B

Claim:
1. A lock assembly, comprising: a housing defined by an annular wall separating an end wall and a face; a core received in an opening disposed in said face of said housing, said core defining a keyway disposed in rotational engagement with an end portion for actuating said lock assembly into a locked and an unlocked position; a drive member being rotationally interconnected with said end wall of said housing and being disposed in driven engagement with said end portion of said core; an adapter defining a slot and being fixedly attached to said end portion; a tail piece received by said slot disposed in said adapter, said tail piece defining an elongated substantially flat appendage including a proximal end being retained in said adapter and a distal end extending outwardly from said adapter with said proximal end being twisted relative to said distal end by between about forty and fifty degrees; and said slot forming a generally X-shaped opening defined by intersecting slot elements each being configured to receive said tail piece.