Patent ID: 8087273

Claim:
A lock with a support structure, comprising: a tubular element, coupled to a handle, and said handle having a positioning hole and a center hole, and said center hole of said handle being provided for accommodating a lock set, and said lock set having a rotatable lock core, and said lock core being coupled to a transmission element, and said transmission element having a first side and a second side separated from each other; a transversally slidable element, installed at a transverse position of said tubular element, for receiving a bias pressure of an elastic element, and said transversally slidable element having a protruding portion and a bearing portion, and said protruding portion of said transversally slidable element being capable of selectively moving to an engaged position and a non-engaged position of said positioning hole of said handle; and a support structure, installed in said tubular element, and having a support portion, such that when said first side of said transmission element is positioned adjacent to said support portion of said support structure, said second side of said transmission element is positioned adjacent to said bearing portion of said transversally slidable element, such that the movement of said transversally slidable element is limited when an external force is applied to said transversally slidable element, wherein said support structure is a ring having a center hole disposed at the center of said ring and provided for passing said transmission element.