Patent ID: 7775073

Claim:
A locking means comprising a body including a plurality of dials disposed to surround a lock member in an axially spaced relationship therealong, relative axial sliding movement being possible between the dials and the lock member between a locked position and a release position, the lock member having at least one generally radially extending exterior locking configuration, said at least one locking configuration being received in a corresponding at least one first location within a divider provided to one axial side of a dial in said locked position, and in a corresponding at least one second location within a dial in said release position, each dial, in said release position, being angularly movable relative to said at least one locking configuration by provision of an annular clutch therebetween which is provided in the form of a yieldable member of plastics or rubber material which deforms when the dial is rotated relative to the yieldable member which the dial continuously and entirely surrounds so as to allow re-coding the dial, recoding of the dial being possible when the dial is in the release position without the need for further adjustment of the dial beyond the locked and release positions, wherein the clutch remains in the same axial position when recoding.