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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2000
Chong-Kuan Ling, Taipei, TW;
Other;
Abstract
An ergonomically manipulated cable combination lock includes: a housing, a cable or wire having one cable end fixed in a first hole in the housing and having another cable end secured with a locking plug lockable in a second hole in the housing, a plurality of dials and sleeves rotatably mounted on a bolt in the housing, and a control device having a push button pivotally secured in the housing and a sliding actuator normally locking the plug of the cable in the housing and operatively depressing the bolt for unlocking the plug upon depression of the push button, with the plug inserted in the housing to be angularly separated from the bolt in an acute angle to provide enough space for accommodating all the relevant elements within the housing and also to allow a single-hand operation when holding the housing and depressing the push button for ergonomically unlocking the lock by a single hand of the user.