Patent ID: 7905676

Claim:
A lock pin comprising: a tube extending along an axis and having a front end formed with a radially outwardly open aperture and a rear end; a locking element radially displaceable in the aperture between an outer locking position projecting radially outward from the tube and an inner position recessed in the tube; an actuating rod coaxially slidable in the tube between front and rear positions and having a rear end projecting from the tube rear end and a front end at the aperture, the rod having a formation engaging the element in at least one of its front and rear positions and pressing the element into its outer locking position; a unitary handle having one end formed with a socket recess in which the rear end of the tube is seated, an opposite end in which the rear end of the rod is anchored, and two elastically deformable connecting portions extending between the handle ends and urging the rod into the one position, the portions and handle ends forming a hand hole through which the rod extends; and interengaging grip formations in the socket recess and on the rear end of the tube.