Keyless Padlock and Method of Use

1 . A keyless padlock having a padlock body, a shackle, a locking mechanism located in the body and associated with the shackle to lock the shackle to the body in a locked condition and to release at least a part of the shackle in an unlocked condition, the locking mechanism including a signal receiver, at least one control assembly and at least one actuator, the locking mechanism being unlocked upon verification of a signal including an unlock code transmitted by a mobile computing device paired with the locking mechanism.

2 . The keyless padlock as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the locking mechanism further includes a battery and a camming member within the body movable between the locked and unlocked conditions;

the at least one actuator comprises a camming member actuator in order to move the locking mechanism;

the at least one control assembly is configured to control operation of the camming actuator according to the signal.

3 . The keyless padlock as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the camming member actuator is energised as required by the battery and controlled by the at least one control assembly.

4 . The keyless padlock as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the locking mechanism further includes a switch associated with a short arm of the shackle such that when the short arm the shackle is aligned with a respective opening in the padlock body and depressed by a user in order to lock the padlock, the switch is activated which in turn is used to signal the actuator to rotate the camming member to lock the shackle.