Patent ID: 8091391
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A padlock comprising: a housing having a notch in a corner thereof, a wall facing said notch, a first hole and a second hole; said first and second holes both being in communication with an inside of the housing and facing in a same direction; a shackle having a root section partly received in said housing via said first hole of said housing, and a free section extending from said root section and being disposed outside said housing; said free section being rotatable about said root section to a locked position and an unlocked position; and a confining block including a block portion received in said notch of said housing and a stem portion received inside said housing via said second hole and extending from a bottom of said block portion; said block portion having a receptacle which is outside said housing with a first opening defined in top of said block portion and a second opening defined in a side of said block portion and in communication with said first opening; wherein when said free section is placed in said locked position, said first opening of said receptacle receives said free section of said shackle and said free section has a distal end set at a level higher than a first level defined by a bottom surface of said receptacle and lower than a second level defined by a top surface of said housing; and said block portion together with said stem portion being rotatable with respect to said housing between a first position where said second opening faces said wall of said housing, and a second position where said second opening is turned away from said wall of said housing.