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Class 70/298 - Manually operable


Subclass of Class 70 - Locks
Definition: Subject matter wherein the tumblers are so disposed that
No. of patents: 36
Last issue date: 10/21/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7437899Suitcase lock assembly
A suitcase lock assembly formed of a push-button lock and a pin tumbler lock for working with two locking units and two linking units in a suitcase, in which each push button of the push-button lock has two grooves for receiving a movable member to force a movable p...
10/21/2008
7318331Combination lock having a knob rotatably mounted therein to activate/deactivate the locking mechanism of the combination lock
A combination lock has a plurality buttons movably received in the casing and a knob rotatably received in the casing. When specific buttons are pressed downward, rotating the knob from a first position to a second position, the balls in the downward movement button...
01/15/2008
7316139Button lock
There is provided a button-operated lock device capable of increasing a setting amount of information in response to operation of a control button, obtaining a large setting amount and a wide-range of selection thereof, enhancing safety performance, simplifying the ...
01/08/2008
7246460Method of quick tactile release locking
The present invention provides a locking device designed to open by tactile manipulation, without visual confirmation, of the locking combination. This device comprises a housing, a securing element, and a plurality of tumbling levers located inside the housing. Eac...
07/24/2007
7216449Safety device for firearms
A firearm safety device for a firearm having a trigger and trigger guard. The firearm safety device includes first and second assemblies adapted to be secured to the firearm on opposite sides of the trigger guard to prevent access to and actuation of the trigger. Th...
05/15/2007
7010944Padlock having restoring mechanism
A padlock includes a shackle attached to a lock housing, a lever pivotally disposed in the lock housing and having one end for anchoring legs of the shackle to the lock housing, a carrier slidably received in the lock housing and having an actuating member to select...
03/14/2006
6837080Combination lock
A combination lock includes a core unit, a locking mechanism, and a reset mechanism formed of a guide rod, a sliding plate, a stop rod and a reset member. The sliding plate is downwards to push the locking mechanism to the unlocking position wherein operation button...
01/04/2005
6755059Combination lock
A combination lock and locking pin is provided which includes indexed tumblers operable in any sequence or simultaneously to enter a combination, a channel to protect the locking pin, and a locking pin with nested locking cylinders or a reduced or conical shaped nos...
06/29/2004
6334346Numeral lock with resettable feature
A numeral lock with a resettable feature comprises an engaging plate separably engaging a plurality of locking pins. The locking pins each have a first engaging protrusion, which will block the engaging plate from moving for the lock to be locked. When fa...
01/01/2002
6298698Button lock
In a door-mounted button lock a stored condition or a non-stored condition is selected by rotating button bodies inserted in a case frame. A screwdriver notch 56 is slotted in one end of a button body 54 for optionally selecting the stored or non-stored c...
10/09/2001
6145355Pushbutton lock
Various enhancements are provided to a pushbutton lock to enhance its security. One is the provision of button tips that are mounted on the ends of the button assemblies and spring-loaded to protrude from the face of the lock, regardless of whether the un...
11/14/2000
5720193Push button firearm lock
A detachable push button firearm lock is provided. The lock comprises; a housing, and a plurality of pin sets. The housing halves are interlocking and separation capable thereby locking or making available a desired firearm. Access blocking means for the ...
02/24/1998
5632165Security anchor for laptop computer
A security anchor for securing a portable article against theft comprises a block having a first face that is in confronting and contacting relationship with the article when the block is attached thereto. The block is formed with multiple slots that ente...
05/27/1997
5457907Gun lock assembly
A gun lock assembly includes an engagement portion with a locked position in which a portion of the firing mechanism is operatively engaged to prevent firing of the firearm, and an unlocked position in which operation of the firearm is permitted. The lock...
10/17/1995
5335521Grip lock assembly
A grip lock assembly for firearms includes a lock having a locked position preventing operation of the firearm, and an unlocked position permitting operation of the firearm. A portion of the lock, when in the locked position, is adapted to operatively eng...
08/09/1994
5189894Quick opening, child-safe container with digital combination lock
A lock box is provided with a locking cover held locked by a locking element. The lock mechanism is operated by the fingers of a hand actuating individual tumblers, one for each finger, simultaneously. The fingers push against the tumblers and the distanc...
03/02/1993
4972690Locking cassette case
A locking video cassette case for a single video cassette includes a case defining a space to receive a video cassette, a lid hingedly secured to the case, a first locking member secured to a surface of the case, a second locking member secured to a surfa...
11/27/1990
4959978Programmable pushbutton combination lock
A combination lock or padlock having pushbuttons where the combination of buttons to be pushed to open the lock is mechanically programmable by the user is disclosed. The lock has a case and a locking arm and associated slider, moveable between a locked a...
10/02/1990
4952228Push-button padlocks having swivel-only shackles
A push-button padlock having a swivel-only shackle, the free end of which is receivingly engaged by a sleeve that is reciprocable into the padlock body housing upon actuation of a thumb latch member projecting through the housing, preferably through a hol...
08/28/1990
4936894Pushbutton lock
A lock includes a plurality of elongated buttons, each of which has on the sides thereof a plurality of gates spaced angularly and longitudinally from one another. A case contains the lock and defines a plurality of bores within which the buttons travel. ...
06/26/1990
4862714Push-button padlocks having swivel-only shackles
A push-button padlock having a swivel-only shackle, the free end of which is receivingly engaged by a sleeve that is reciprocable into the padlock body housing upon actuation of a thumb latch member projecting through the housing, preferably through a hol...
09/05/1989
4838057Combination door lock
A combination lock to be fitted in a door having standard size lock and bolt bores therein. A series of code pins extend through the lock bore and are movable between set and reset positions from both sides of the door to permit rotation of an exterior kn...
06/13/1989
4799371Keyless lock
A keyless button lock is described in which a plurality of lock buttons are provided, each button requiring a particular number of presses to attain an open or lock release position. A lock element is also provided which, when actuated, returns all button...
01/24/1989
4782676Puzzle lock
A device that may be embodied either as an interlocking puzzle game or as a security device and formed of a body and associated locking member adapted to be received by the body. A plurality of combination blocks are supported in the body along with a plu...
11/08/1988
4751830Push-button padlock with secondary key
The application discloses a push-button lock to which a secondary key is added to the locking system for use when the button combination for a lock is forgotten or not readily available. Unlocking with the secondary key is accomplished by the use of a too...
06/21/1988
4748833Button operated combination lock
This invention relates to a so-called "keyless" type button operated combination lock which can be unlocked by a button operation and locked by a handle operation. A number of buttons exposed on the front side of a case can be set in a combination and a k...
06/07/1988
4671084Push button type combination lock
An improved combination lock of the push button type which consists of three improvements. Firstly, its sliding member is not in direct contact with the latch which locks the hook, so that even an adroit lock-picker finds it difficult to find the correct ...
06/09/1987
4660394Push-button type steering wheel lock
Push-button type steering wheel lock, incorporating two columns of a number of push keys, facing each other, and each provided with an identification code, and mounted on the keyway provided centrally in a vertically installed slider and in a counterpart ...
04/28/1987
4569214Push button security lock
A push button security lock for baggage comprises two casings respectively mounted on the upper and lower portions of the baggage, the first casing housing a plurality of latch members each of which has a first and a second loop members and can be turned ...
02/11/1986
4346574Lock device of the pushbutton system
A mechanical lock device dispensing with a key capable of unlocking a dead bolt from outside the room when pushbuttons of a number r out of a total number of n are depressed and a locking and unlocking bar of a lock unit and a locking and unlocking member...
08/31/1982
4191035Lock
A combination lock, particularly a domestic door lock, comprises a rotatable and axially movable plunger, a plurality of axially displaceable pins disposed around the plunger, a rotary ward disc carried by the plunger and co-operating with slots in said p...
03/04/1980
4187703Container of the combination-locked envelope type
A container in the form of a flat envelope, open at one end for insertion and removal of a slide, has a series of locking keys shiftable laterally to left or right from a normal, centered, rest position. When all the keys have been shifted in predetermine...
02/12/1980
4176533Wall safe lock
A multiple pushbutton permutation lock in which push pins equally retarded frictionally in their movement must be manually moved and held actuated in the right combination and pattern to permit a spring-urged slide bar to slide out of a rotationally locat...
12/04/1979
4125005Lock device of the pushbutton system
A mechanical lock device dispensing with a key, wherein a locking and unlocking bar associated with at least one lock unit and a locking and unlocking pawl connected to such bar can be angularly rotated by depressing, in a proper order, pushbuttons of a n...
11/14/1978
3937046Multi-combination push button lock
The lock comprises a lock casing in which there is slidably mounted a lock plate movable between a projected locking position and a retracted unlocking position by a manually actuable operating member projecting from the front face of the casing. A plural...
02/10/1976
 
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