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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2016
Zephyr Lock, Llc, Newtown, CT (US);
Kevin Houlihan, North Salem, NY (US);
Patrick E. Wind, Darien, CT (US);
Douglas Greene, Bethel, CT (US);
ZEPHYR LOCK, LLC, Newtown, CT (US);
Abstract
A combination lock is provided, the lock having a latch movably mounted to a housing of the lock for movement between a locked position and an unlocked position; and a bolt movably mounted to the housing of the lock for movement between a first position and a second position, wherein the combination lock is a key-controlled combination changing permutation lock wherein a button disposed away from a rear exterior surface of the housing in a first direction rearwardly away from the rear exterior surface is depressed in order to change the combination of the combination lock and the housing has a button protection feature extending rearwardly away from the rear exterior surface of the housing in the first direction proximate to the button and the button protection feature extends farther away from the rear exterior surface of the housing in the first direction than the button.