ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,813, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to THE SUN LOCK COMPANY Ltd. (Tuen Mun, Hong Kong).
"Object shaped combination padlock" was invented by Karl Lai (Tai Po, Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object padlock comprising, an object looking cover/body shape, at least one dial to control the opening of the lock as a primary control mechanism which is said to be a combination mode, a locking means such as a cable with one end always in the padlock and the other end such as a flexible-end can be locked and opened via a combination dial control, and at least a cylinder to control the opening of the lock as a secondary control mech...