THE DESIGN AND EFFECTIVENESS OF PADLOCK WITH CLOSEABLE KEYHOLE IN PREVENTING RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY: A REVIEW

Abstract

The most common padlocks are also the one of the worst locks in terms of security. In this paper, we perform an innovation of the padlock with a closeable keyhole in order to optimize the padlock security. In particular, we provide a detailed study on comparison of the previous padlock with the proposed padlock. We also highlight the criteria of the residential burglary. The information was collected through previous researches and previous construction of padlocks. Among the main findings, we highlight: (1) there are no previous padlocks invented with the closeable keyhole function; (2) padlock with the closeable keyhole function has the potential to be very useful since the most common padlocks are also the one of the worst locks in terms of security