ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,043, issued on April 21, was assigned to The Sun Lock Co. Ltd. (Tuen Mun, Hong Kong).
"Anti-picking combination padlock" was invented by Karl Lai (Tai Po, Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A padlock including a lock body, a combination mechanism to control movement of a spindle within the lock body, at least one clutch mounted about the spindle each clutch having at least one extended-fin, and alignment of each of the at least one extended-fin with a corresponding gate in the lock body allows for movement of the spindle within the lock body. The padlock may also include a shackle having a long leg and a short leg, and the pad...