Patent ID: 6477752
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: A44C,Y10T

Abstract:
A lock for a necklace, bracelet or an ornament, which lock (1) is provided with a carbine hook (2) and an end eye (3) capable of being hooked into the carbine hook (2), which carbine hook is provided with a hook portion (4) and a locking portion (5) swingably connected with the hook portion (4), which hook portion (4) and locking portion (5), in a closed position of the locking portion (5), together form a carbine hook eye defining a substantially eye-shaped space (R), which locking portion (5), in an open position of this locking portion (5), extends at least partly into the above-mentioned eye-shaped space (R) so that a passage (D) is formed in the carbine hook eye, through which passage the end eye (3) is movable to fix the end eye (3) to the carbine hook (2), characterized in that a safety element (6) is fixed to the end eye (3), which safety element (6), in an operative position of the end eye (3) relative to the carbine hook (2), abuts with an outer circumferential edge (6a) substantially against an inner circumferential edge (4a, 5a) of the hook portion (4) and the locking portion (5) directed to the eye-shaped space (R) so that the locking portion (5) cannot be brought into the open position, and which safety element (6), in a swung position of the end eye (3) relative to the carbine hook (2), is moved out of the eye-shaped space (R) so that the locking portion (5) can be brought into the open position.