Patent ID: 9074390
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lock assembly comprising: a lock barrel comprising a plurality of passages and being configured to be received in a lock body and to be rotatable from a locked position to an unlocked position at a shear line relative to the lock body; a key slot in communication with the plurality of passages of the lock barrel, the key slot having a lowest part that is positioned furthest away from the plurality of passages of the lock barrel; a plurality of first pins, each having a first pin key engaging surface and each received in one of the plurality of passages of the lock barrel; a plurality of second pins, each biased towards a paired first pin by a pin biasing means; and an element, having an element key bitting cut engaging surface positioned in one of the plurality of passages of the lock barrel, the element being at least one of a wafer or a pin connected to a column, the pin including the element key bitting cut engaging surface, wherein: