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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Lee Gast, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
John Wade Landrum, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Robert A. Wilkosz, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Loring M. Johnson, Tinley Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Hampton Products International Corporation, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 6/732 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 6/732 ;
Abstract
An improved padlock having a shackle retainer assembly that can be removed without removal of the padlock key locking assembly and/or convertible from a key retaining to a key nonretaining lock, or vice versa, by removal or insertion of a pin on the driver end of the key cylinder assembly.