Patent ID: 8544301

Claim:
A dial code combination identifying lock comprising: a lock body; a plurality of dials assembled with the lock body, each comprising an unlocking feature, each of the plurality of dials being rotatable to an unlocking orientation; a locking mechanism disposed within the lock body and movable between a locked position and an unlocked position when all of the plurality of dials are in the unlocking orientation; a shackle having a long leg retained within the lock body and a short leg lockably securable within the lock body when the locking mechanism is in the locked position, and separable from the lock body in an axial direction along an axis defined by the long leg when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked position; and a user operable code identifying mechanism movable between a code concealing condition and a code identifying condition while the shackle remains secured in the locked position, the code identifying mechanism comprising a plurality of dial engaging members each biased into engagement with the corresponding dial when the code identifying mechanism is in the code identifying condition, such that rotation of any one of the dials to the unlocking orientation causes the corresponding dial engaging member to engage the corresponding unlocking feature to provide a positive perceptible indication that the corresponding dial is only in the unlocking orientation independent of orientations of the other dials; wherein the unlocking features comprise recesses on outer peripheries of each of the plurality of dials; and wherein the locking mechanism comprises a blocking member slideable in the axial direction between the locked and unlocked positions, with each of the plurality of dial engaging members being configured to hold the blocking member in the locked position, further wherein when each of the plurality of dials is rotated to the unlocking orientation, each of the corresponding recesses aligns with each of the corresponding ones of the plurality of dial engaging members, allowing the blocking member to slide in the axial direction from the locked position to the unlocked position.