Patent ID: 8402800
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A key assembly for releasably attaching to a closed loop, comprising: a key having a blade and a bow, said blade being configured to insert into a keyway of a lock and said bow being connected to said blade and being configured to grasp and rotate said blade within the keyway; a shackle being connected to said bow; a gate having a proximal leg, a proximal arm, a distal arm, and a distal leg, said proximal leg being connected to said proximal arm and extending laterally inward from said proximal arm, said distal leg being connected to said distal leg and extending laterally inward from said distal arm, said proximal arm and said distal arm being connected; said proximal leg and said distal leg being inserted in only one of said bow and said shackle, and said proximal leg and said distal leg abutting the other of said bow and said shackle; said proximal leg and said distal leg being rotatably operatable within said only one of said bow and said shackle to move said gate out of abutment with said other of said bow and said shackle; said proximal leg and said distal leg being inserted within said bow; and said bow having a proximal socket and a distal socket formed therein, said proximal leg being rotatable within said proximal socket, and said distal leg being rotatable within said distal socket.