Patent ID: 8353183
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A multi-locking, secure handcuff comprising: a body containing having parallel strands extending laterally from a primary locking end and terminating at a pivoting end; a primary locking system integrated into said body at said primary locking end, said primary lock being operatively controlled by a removable key; a pivoting locking arm having a pivot end and a free end, said pivoting locking arm comprising a plurality of primary ratcheted teeth for engaging with said primary lock provided along said free end, said pivot end of said pivoting locking arm is pivotally attached to said pivoting end of said body a pivot lock provided at said pivoting end of said body, said pivot lock comprising: a pivot gear affixed to said locking arm at a pivoting juncture of said strands and said locking arm, said pivot gear having a plurality of teeth about a periphery thereof; a locking pawl having at least one detent and a projection therefrom, said locking pawl supported by one of said parallel strands, said locking pawl selectively rotatable between a locked position wherein said projection is in engagement with said plurality of teeth of said pivot gear and an open position wherein said projection is disengaged from said plurality of teeth, wherein said locking pawl is rotatably controlled by the same removable key; and a plunger engaging said at least one detent for maintaining said locking pawl in a selected rotated position; wherein, in operation, said primary locking system would be secured into a locked configuration by the removable key and said pivot lock would be subsequently secured into a locked configuration by the same removable key.