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Latch Lifter Trick Lock

A Roman-inspired metal puzzle based on early latch-lifting security devices. The goal is to open the shackle by understanding how the supplied key interacts with the latch.

Original Crafty Puzzles illustration representing Latch Lifter Trick Lock; not a manufacturer product photograph
Original Crafty Puzzles reference illustration. We do not reproduce the source site's product photography.

Identification details

Maker / source
Project Genius
Designer
Not recorded
Difficulty
4/5
Material
Metal
Shape
historic latch lock
Mechanism type
latch-lifting lock puzzle
Dimensions
Not recorded
Also known as
Roman Latch Lifter

Original source

Official Project Genius product / solution page

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