Patent ID: 8806905
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A padlock comprising: a lock body; a shackle assembled with the lock body; a lock subassembly disposed in a cavity in the lock body and operable between a locked position securing the shackle in a closed position and an unlocked position permitting movement of the shackle to an open position; and a shackle retaining pin assembled with the lock body, the shackle retaining pin including a first end portion having a first diameter and a second end portion having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, the first end portion being disposed in a first shackle bore and received in a recess in a first leg of the shackle disposed within the first shackle bore, the second end portion extending into a cross-bore in the lock body, the cross-bore intersecting the first shackle bore and the cavity; wherein when the shackle is in the open position, the lock subassembly is manipulable to be moved from a first position to a second position to align an empty portion of the cavity with the shackle retaining pin, such that the second end portion of the shackle retaining pin is extendable into the empty portion of the cavity for disengagement of the shackle retaining pin from the first shackle leg recess, thereby permitting removal of the shackle from the lock body, with the first end portion of the shackle retaining pin abutting a shoulder surface in the cross-bore to prevent the first end portion of the shackle retaining pin from entering the cavity.