Patent ID: 7934406
Filing Date: 2011-05-03
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A multiple function lock comprising: a body comprising a top surface and a bottom surface; a shackle that is solid and rigid having a toe and a heel, the heel extending from the top surface and the shackle being retained by the body and able to rotate within the body; a first lock to lock the heel of the shackle and a frangible captive element to capture the toe of the shackle, each of the first lock and the frangible captive element being enabled to independently open the multiple function lock; the first lock being enabled to latch the heel inside the body in a locked state and to unlatch the heel allowing the shackle to be partially lifted from the body along a centerline of the shackle at the heel into a rotatable unlocked state, and the frangible captive element being enabled to secure and to release the toe wherein the toe in the locked state of the first lock is positioned between a level defined by the top surface and the bottom surface of the body and the toe in the unlocked state of the first lock and in a locked state of the frangible captive element is not positioned between the level defined by the top surface of the body and the bottom surface of the body; and the frangible captive element having a retaining structure that holds the toe of the shackle and prevents the shackle from rotating about the heel when the first lock is in locked state and the frangible captive element secures the toe.