Patent ID: 6430975
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A U-lock comprising:(a) a shackle having two legs that are provide with configured feet; (b) a straight crossbar having openings for receiving said feet, said crossbar having an axis and said openings having axes, said axes of said openings being substantially orthogonal with respect to said axis of said crossbar; (c) at least a spring pressed deadbolt within said crossbar for mating with at least one of said configured feet, said deadbolt being reciprocable along said axis of said crossbar; (d) a lock mechanism having a barrel providing a keyway and being located in a seat in said crossbar for controlling said deadbolt, said crossbar having an opening for providing access to said barrel, said last mentioned opening and said barrel lying along an axis that is substantially orthogonal to said axis of said crossbar; and (e) a sleeve about said crossbar with an aperture that is sufficiently small to enable retention of said barrel within said seat and sufficiently large to permit access by a key to said keyway; and (f) at least a screw attaching said sleeve to said crossbar when operative, and detaching said sleeve from said crossbar when inoperative, said screw when operative projecting through a hole in said sleeve and turned into a threaded bore in said crossbar, and when inoperative removed from said hole in said sleeve and turned out of said threaded bore in said crossbar; (g) said sleeve being slideable paraxially along said crossbar when said screw is inoperative and said shackle is disengaged from said crossbar, between a secured position at which said aperture is aligned with said barrel and an unsecured position at which said sleeve is removed from said barrel, said barrel being removable from said seat when said sleeve is in said unsecured position.