Padlock

Claim 1

A PADLOCK COMPRISING, A BODY PART HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED BORES EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF, A SHACKLE HAVING A SHORT LEG AND A LONG LEG SLIDABLY RECEIVED IN SAID PAIR OF BORES, A TRANSVERSE BORE IN SAID BODY PART EXTENDING BETWEEN AND COMMUNICATING AT EACH END WITH SAID PAIR OF BORES, A NOTCH IN EACH LEG OF SAID SHACKLE ADAPTED TO ALIGN WITH THE ENDS OF SAID TRANSVERSE BORE WHEN SAID LEGS OF SAID SHACKLE ARE BOTH INSERTED IN SAID PAIR OF BORES, A PAIR OF LOCKING MEMBERS DISPOSED IN SAID TRANSVERSE BORE WITH ONE MEMBER AT EACH END THEREOF IN A POSITION TO ENGAGE WITH SAID NOTCHES IN SAID LEGS OF SAID SHACKLE TO LOCK SAID SHACKLE TO SAID BODY PART, A CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER IN SAID BODY PART INTERSECTING SAID TRANSVERSE BORE BETWEEN SAID LOCKING MEMBERS, A SOLID CYLINDRICAL BOLT ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER, SAID CYLINDRICAL BOLT IN A FIRST ROTATED POSITION PRESENTING SURFACES FOR HOLDING SAID LOCKING MEMBERS ENGAGED IN SAID NOTCHES IN SAID LEGS OF SAID SHACKLE AND IN A SECOND ROTATED POSITION PRESENTING RECESSES FOR RELEASING SAID LOCKING MEMBERS FROM SAID NOTCHES TO ALLOW OUTWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID SHACKLE RELATIVELY TO SAID BODY PART, A SPIRAL TORSION SPRING ON THE OUTER END OF SAID CYLINDRICAL BOLT CONNECTED AT THE INNER END TO SAID BOLT AND CONNECTED AT THE OUTER END TO SAID BODY PART FOR ROTATING SAID BOLT TO LOCKING POSITION, AND MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID BOLT TO A RELEASING POSITON.