US 12,252,906 B2
Offset shackle and locking device including same
David S. Matthews, Putnam, CT (US)
Assigned to David S. Matthews, Putnam, CT (US)
Appl. No. 17/753,794
Filed by David S. Matthews, Putnam, CT (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/042523
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/055091, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/901,558, filed on Sep. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0341222 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. E05B 67/06 (2006.01); E05B 67/38 (2006.01); G09F 7/06 (2006.01); G09F 7/18 (2006.01); G09F 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 67/06 (2013.01) [E05B 67/38 (2013.01); G09F 7/06 (2013.01); G09F 7/18 (2013.01); G09F 23/00 (2013.01); G09F 2007/1852 (2013.01); G09F 2007/1856 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shackle comprising:
a first end;
a second end; and
a plurality of bends between the first end and the second end, thereby forming:
a first segment between the first end and a first bend, the first segment including an arcuate portion adjacent the first bend;
a second segment comprising an entirety of the shackle between the first bend and a second bend;
a third segment comprising an entirety of the shackle between the second bend and a third bend; and
a fourth segment between the third bend and the second end, the fourth segment including an arcuate portion adjacent the third bend,
wherein the first segment lies in a first plane and the fourth segment is substantially co-planar with the first segment, the second segment lies in a second plane substantially perpendicular to the first plane and the third segment is substantially co-planar with the second segment, and the second segment is disposed more distally from both the first end and the second end than is the third segment.