Patent ID: 7311233

Claim:
A bicycle lock holding apparatus comprising a holding structure and a coupling structure, wherein the holding structure includes: an anchor seat for fastening to a bicycle frame, the anchor seat having a coupling portion extended from one end and a groove abutting its periphery, the coupling portion having a plurality of troughs on its perimeter, a round hole in its center, a plurality of notches on a front end of an inner wall, a collar on its bottom surrounding the round hole which has a screw hole formed therein, the collar being coupled with a first spring; a latch dock fastened to the one end of the anchor seat, the latch dock having a wedge trough on one end thereof, two latch troughs on two lateral sides thereof wherein each latch trough has a respective aperture leading to the wedge trough, a strut in its center that has a central through hole to receive a screw for fastening the screw hole of the anchor seat, a plurality of lugs between the strut and a retaining surface to couple with the notches of the anchor seat; two compression members latched in the latch troughs of the latch dock having two retaining flanges on an upper side and a lower side, a compression strut on an inner side to run through the aperture of the latch dock, and a round hole on one side of the compression strut to couple with a second spring; and an anchor plate located in the latch dock, the anchor plate having a central opening, two compression flanges on an upper side and a lower side of one surface that have respectively a ridge on an inner side facing each other to wedge in the troughs of the anchor seat, and two retaining plates on two sides of the periphery; wherein the coupling structure includes a latch section which has two guiding edges to wedge in the wedge trough of the latch dock and a housing chamber to hold two extendable buttons, the housing chamber having second apertuers that mate with the respective apertures of the latch dock, the two extendable buttons having a button head to couple with a third spring therebetween such that the extendable buttons are extended outside the second apertures, the button head pressing an inner wall surface of the housing chamber, the housing chamber having two anchor holes on a upper side and a lower side to couple with anchor struts of a lid.