Patent ID: 6101852
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A shackle lock assembly comprising,a lock body having an upper side, a lower side and including an interior chamber and a first and second shackle receiving bore traversing said lock body from said upper side and extending into said lock body into at least said interior chamber,said lower side of said lock body having a lock cylinder aperture opening into said interior chamber,a first lock plate reciprocably carried within said interior chamber and being slideable between an open position and a lock position relative to the first shackle receiving bore,a second lock plate reciprocably carried within said interior chamber and being slideable between an open position and a lock position relative to the second shackle receiving bore,a lock cylinder mechanism carried within said lock cylinder aperture including operative means in cooperating relationship with said first lock plate in order to slidably manipulate said first lock plate between the open and lock positions respectively,locking means associated with said lower side of said lock body and being in cooperative relation with said second lock plate to maintain said second lock plate in a normal lock position and being operable to allow said second lock plate to slidably move to the open position,a shackle having first and second opposed, spaced shackle legs adapted to be received respectively within the confines of the first and second shackle receiving bores,said first and second shackle legs each including leg locking means adapted to be in cooperating relationship with said first and second lock plates respectively in order to allow said first and second shackle legs to be alternately positioned between an open and a lock position relative to said lock body,whereby said shackle may be lockingly engaged within said lock body and said first one of said shackle legs may be unlocked by slideable movement of the first plate to the open position while the second plate is in the lock position, said first plate being slideable to the lock position upon removal of the first shackle leg to permit operation of the locking means in cooperative relation with the second plate to allow the second plate to slidably move to the open position and thereby effect removal of the shackle from said lock body.