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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2020
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Donald Eugene Irwin, Fredericksburg, VA (US);
William Albert Tartal, Baltimore, MD (US);
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A lock assembly includes a bolt movable between a first position and a second position, a rotating body rotatable between a first position and a second position, and a pawl member rotatable between a first position and a second position. Rotation of the rotating body from the first position to the second position is configured to cause the bolt to move from the first position to the second position. The pawl member is configured to prevent rotation of the rotating body from the first position to the second position when the pawl member is in the first position and the rotating body is in the first position.