Patent ID: 8099985

Claim:
A padlock comprising: a lock body; a shackle having long and short legs receivable in corresponding first and second shackle openings extending from an upper surface of the lock body and axially moveable between a retracted position and an extended position, the short leg being withdrawn from the lock body when in the extended position; a locking mechanism disposed in the lock body, the locking mechanism being selectively operable between a locked condition and an unlocked condition; and a latch member disposed in the lock body, the latch member including a laterally outermost shackle engaging portion that lockingly engages a recess in the short shackle leg when the locking mechanism is in the locked condition and is disengageable from the recess when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked condition; wherein an upper surface of the shackle engaging portion of the latch member includes at least a first notch laterally aligned with a laterally innermost portion of a circumferential edge of the second shackle opening when the shackle engaging portion is in normal locking engagement with the recess; and further wherein the latch member is sized such that upward facing surfaces of the latch member that align with the circumferential edge of the second shackle opening are limited to the first notch when the shackle engaging portion is in a normal locking engagement with the recess.