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A simple lock inspired me to reinvent now 138+ new patentable key or combination functionally/mechanically unique, mind-bogglingly simple, hack & bump resistant locking padlocks including dozens of all new product bundling applications using any padlock.

Any padlock are all those below ornamental design changes to post civil war 1871, 1880 or a 1912 padlock by others hoping their aesthetic changes might somehow increase market share.   Not going to happen because focusing on cosmetic changes to an old lock body and not envisioning ways to make padlocks resistant or relevant, is being creatively clueless.  

This total lack of creative thought has some lock companies being asked, "What makes your product different from the rest?"   While others wonder what's next a fotolockobama or perhaps a rebar / twizzler padlock shackle.  If inspiration can makeover a pizza, mechanical skills can reinvent 138+ new padlock products.

Creativity is innovating consumer demand for new and unique locking products in a 2010 world.   "Doing the same thing over and over, yet expecting different results, is the definition of crazy." — Unknown

Only a few of below lock patents come close to true innovation however most are dull, boring, imitations, duplications, duplications and for those innovatively challenged1911 responsible, that's enough.  
1987
4694667

1991
5001854

1992
5146771

1994
5345794

2000
6159025

2002
D462735

2004
D484777
6718803
6766671

2005
6854302

2006
D516896
D520339
D524145
D528401
D528402
D529368
D529369
D529786
D533437
2007
D537703
D537704
D533764
D541631
D545178
D547162
D547635
D548045
D548568
D548569
D549076
D549554
D556541
D557107
D558025


2008
D561001
D561005
D563200
D566521
7360380
D567628
D569609
7380425
D570667
D573445
D573446
D573871
D573872
D576859




D576860
D576861
D576862
D576863
D576864
D577278
D577279
D577568
D577569
D577570
D578864
7448236
D582251
D583218
7469919


2009
7478847
7497705
7513133
7516631
D590695
D592485
7540175
7543838
D594731
D595563
D596922
7581423
7610784
D603685
7624489



D605494
D605928
D606382
D606841
D606842












2010





















Each is adaptable to AbusAssa BestBiLockBiometrxCompXCX5KabaKSP Master MedecoMul-T-Lock Videx or American Lock cores.

Acquisition rights available to padlock distributors, investors, IP Law firms, patent trolls, security companies or others interested in future rewards.

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Confidential assistance available to "improve" padlock patents belonging to others using mechanical means, not cosmetic changes!

See my 43 granted patents at USPTO, none are padlock design patents.
D is USPTO designation for a design patent (how it looks),  D omitted is a utility patent (how it works) and an asterick (*) next to number links to an infomercialinfomercial.

Each of my new patentable padlocks and padlock product use inventions is functionally/mechanically unique meaning not for differences or uses of colors, computer chips, cores, cosmetic, decorative, design changes, dial combination configurations, dimensions, disc/pin/wafer tumblers, engraving, fasteners, graphics, illumination mechanism, images, insulated cover, keypad, keyways, lamellae, metal composition, method of manufacturing, no use of plastics, non-functional anything, ornamental modifications, outer cover, outer sleeve, padlock jacket, photos, power supply, protective cover, rivets, roll pins, rubber, shackle shape, shield, shroud, size, textures, thin padlock walls, timer, unique keys, visual or a built in analog or digital clock showing local time.
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Q. Have you tried offering your new patentable padlocks and new uses to padlock manufacturers?
A. Yes.  This site has been emailed to every padlock manufacturer on this planet having a web presence more than a few times.   Innovation, increasing profits, targeting new groups of consumers are concepts they simply do not understand.   Obsessive cosmetic design changes to pre-light bulb era padlocks they love.  Go figure.

Q. Can you say more about your new padlocks and padlock product uses?
A.  No.  Think over one hundred new patentable unique padlocks and padlock product uses for appliances, art, auto, business, bicycles,  cable/pneumatic/ ball valve lockouts,  chains,  children,  communications,  consumer electronics,  factories,  government locations, guns, homes (apartments, boats, condos, ships),  health care,  hospitals, i products, industry,  military,  offices,  lockers (employee, gym, school),  passive key sequencer,  religious,  roll up doors,  safety,  seasonal,  stores(discount, outlet,  retail),  tools, transportation and TV's.   Most have use applications for today's consumer products and none are design changes to antique or newer padlocks vulnerable to a 10 pound dumbbell!

Q. Do you believe some lock companies are misguided when it comes to padlock creativity or do they just lack a strategic business plan?
A.  Yes to both.  These are very tough economic times.  Relying on minor cosmetic changes to century old padlocks while refusing to shift away from "tried and true" is not being attuned to basic consumer wants and needs.  Can you say management failure?

comments:
Sat, 14 Nov 2009 Dear Padlock inventor, I too have recently looked at the padlock patents and it is indeed pathetic what the conventional companies continue to sell.
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 I have to admit that those shackles certainly seem very similar to me, but the threshold of "novelty" for design patents is pretty low. There's no functional difference between a lock with a round shackle and one with an octagonal cross-section - but functional difference is exactly what design patents are NOT intended to protect. Clearly, a round shackle is different visually from one with eight sides, and perhaps that's a difference which means something to a padlock manufacturer. Or, more likely, they hope that it will distinguish their goods from their competitors', so that a consumer will see a lock with an eight-sided shackle hanging on a rack with all the round-shackled locks and say, "I like that company's locks, so I'll buy that one." It's not unlike the differences in design of keys for locks - the punched rectangular top doesn't work any better than a round one, but it makes it instantly recognizable as a Kwickset. (Design patent and trade dress/product configuration protection kind of overlap, here) Design patents have their place in the general scheme of protection, but there's a reason why they're less expensive, shorter lived, and easier to get. They just cover a visual difference from what was done before, and for some people, that's enough.


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