Patent ID: 7784313

Claim:
A lock apparatus, comprising: a. an elongated flexible cable having a first end portion and an opposite second end portion defining a length therebetween and including a shackle portion affixed to said first end portion; b. a lock body having a throughway that is sized and adapted to receive said cable in sliding relation such that said lock body may be selectively positioned along the length of said cable, said lock body having a shackle opening therein that is sized and adapted to receive said shackle portion in an engaged state with said shackle portion removable therefrom to define a disengaged state; c. a grip assembly disposed in said lock body and including a grip member movable between a grip state wherein said lock body is secured along said cable at a selected position and a release state wherein said lock body may be advanced along said cable when said cable is received in the throughway; d. a latch assembly disposed in said lock body and including a latch member movable between a latch state and an unlatch state such that, when said shackle portion is in the received state, said latch member is operative in the latch state to engage said shackle portion thereby to lock said shackle portion relative to said lock body and to release said shackle portion when in the unlatch state so that said shackle portion may be disengaged from said lock body; e. a rotatable cam element disposed in said lock body and positioned so that when rotated in a first direction, said cam element drives said latch member from the latch state to the unlatch state; and f. a lock assembly disposed in said lock body, said lock assembly including a rotatable lock core which is operative to rotate said cam element, and which rotates between a lock position and an unlock position such that, when said lock assembly is in the lock position, said latch member is placed in the latch state and when said lock assembly is moved to the unlock position, said latch member is advanced from the latch state to the unlatch state.