World's Largest Padlocks

	Muhammad Rafique (Pakistan) 1955: hand-made steel padlock, made without any machines took three years to complete 30.7 cm (12.1 in) across, 54.7cm (21.5 in) high, and 10.5cm (4.1 in) thick weight 50.6 kg (111.6 lb). see www.members.tripod.com/~biggestlock
	Angelo Lupo (Belgium) 1988: 2.25 m tall, weight 80 kg
	Gilles Beaufils (France) 1994: 72 cm x 48 cm x 12 cm, key 35.5 cm long
	Shaikh Zafar Iqbal, Crown Lock House, Lahore (Pakistan) 2001: 67.3 cm x 39.6 cm x 12.4 cm weight 96.3 kg Zafar Iqbal is the son of Muhammad Rafique (see above)
	Haji Javed Iqbal Khokhar from Gujranwala (Pakistan) 2002: height: 2.59 m (102 in.) width: 1.22 m (48 in.), depth: 46 cm (18 in.) weight: 890 kg, weight of the key: 70 kg Now kept in the Lucky Irani Circus in Pakistan
	Trusty Lock, Kolkata (India) 2002: made of brass and aluminium protects the Jagannath temple, an Hindu temple at Puri in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, hence it is the biggest padlock that is actually in use. The lock has three 14.5-inch keys Trusty Lock's locksmiths have also produced a 5-gramme miniature padlock.
	Dieter Senft (Germany) 2002: 3.38 m x 1.33 m, weight 80 kg does not work with a key but with a secret combination of numbers
	Team Problem Solving Computer Aided Design class at Bay de Noc Community College, Michigan (USA) 2003: weighting about 1100 kg (2500 lb) see Daily Express articles: 3 April 2003 and 4 August 2003
	Haji Javed Iqbal Khokhar from Gujranwala (Pakistan) 2003: height: 3.505 m [11 1/2 ft], width: 1.37 m [14 1/2 ft], depth: 63.5 cm [25 in] weight: 1883 kg plus key weight of 120 kg digital electronic system