Patent ID: 6776017
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
An adaptable lock assembly comprising:a housing having a bore therein; a plug rotatably mounted in said bore, said plug having a longitudinal axis and a first groove disposed, in said plug concentrically about and radially outwardly from said longitudinal axis, said plug further including a first orifice parallel to said longitudinal axis, said first orifice adapted to receive a key; and a first radial tumbler and a second radial tumbler disposed in said first groove for circumferential motion about said longitudinal axis in said first groove, said first and second radial tumblers having axially adjacent complementary faces, said first radial tumbler and said second radial tumbler adapted to be disposed in said first groove with said complementary faces in an engaged position or a disengaged position relative to each other.