Patent · US Expired

Universal backup handcuff key

US5638713A · kind A · utility

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19References
9Claims
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Filing dateApr 9, 1996
Grant dateJun 17, 1997
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Expiry dateApr 9, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T70/873
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A round and flat molded device not readily identifiable as a handcuff key, which can be hidden under a wrist watch or behind a standard shirt button of a law enforcement officer or security person and which can be silently retrieved and utilized by bending the key portion partially out of the surrounding molded support ring structure with the use of the thumb, index finger and middle finger.

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