Patent ID: 8327674
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A locking mechanism comprising; a housing; a shackle having a first side and a second side, the shackle being slidable between a primary closed position in which the first and second sides are located in respective first and second recesses in a first end of the housing and engaged with the housing and a primary open position in which the first side is located in the first recess and engaged with the housing and the second side is free from the second recess in the housing; and a port in a side of the housing located between the first end and a second remote end thereof, the port exposing a portion of the first side of the shackle in the primary closed position; wherein severing the shackle through the port allows the shackle to move from the primary closed position to a secondary open position, from which the shackle can move back to a secondary closed position.