Patent ID: 7036344
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A removable shackle for a padlock with a locking assembly, the shackle having a U-shape with parallel first and second arms, the second arm being longer than the first arm, the second arm having an end and being circular in cross section with a first diameter and having a longitudinal axis extending the length thereof, each arm toward its end having a notch adapted to cooperate with the locking assembly of the padlock for locking the shackle in the padlock, the second arm having a flat area extending between the notch and the end of the arm and an area of reduced diameter near the end of the second arm extending from one side of the flat area to the other side of the flat area around the circumference of the arm; the end of the second arm having a threaded hole; and a circular retainer of the first diameter detachably secured coaxially with the second arm at the end of the second arm, the circular retainer having a nonthreaded hole, a threaded screw passing through the nonthreaded hole of the retainer and received by the threaded hole in the second arm to secure the retainer coaxially with the second arm.