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| Formerly | KBL Corporation (until April 1985) |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Outdoor recreation products |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Founder | Stanley Kaplan |
| Headquarters | , US |
Key people | Karen Rizzo, General Manager and Director of Marketing |
| Products | Locks, and other security and safety products for bicycles, motorcycles, outdoor equipment |
| Brands | Evolution series, New York Lock |
Number of employees | 30 (2008–2018) |
| Parent | Allegion |
| Website | kryptonitelock |
| Footnotes / references [1][2] | |
Kryptonite is an Allegion-owned brand of bicycle lock for securing a bicycle to a pole or other fixture, when the owner wants to leave the bicycle in a public place. The basic design, made of hardened steel of circular cross section bent into a U-shape with a removable crossbar, has been emulated by numerous other manufacturers, and adapted with variations in size and shape for other applications, such as locking motorcycles.
The product was named after kryptonite, the fictitious substance that can thwart the powerful comic-book hero Superman. The name is used under a limited trademark agreement with DC Comics dating back to 1983.[3]
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ReferenceUSAwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Putting a Legal Lock on 'Kryptonite', Law.com, 2004-09-22, archived from the original on 2005-11-15