Guarded lock assembly

Claim 1

A locking assembly comprising: a lock body and swinging hasp assembly having a lock body and a swinging hasp, said locking assembly being further defined as follows: a locking bolt for engaging a staple, said body having recess means into which said locking bolt is removably received, said body having unlockable locking means therein adapted to engage and hold said locking bolt at a time when said locking bolt is in said body, a staplE, said staple having a securing means on one side of said hasp and the hasp having a staple slot receiving said staple therethrough, said staple projecting on the other side of said hasp from said securing means, said body being on one side of said staple, said staple receiving said locking bolt therethrough so that said locking bolt projects from an opposite side of said staple from said body, said staple having two spaced side portions connected by an end portion projecting from said other side of said hasp; said locking bolt being removable from said staple and insertable into said staple by linear motions in two opposite directions along a straight line, antipassage means attached to said locking bolt on the side of said staple which is opposite said body and of a size and shape such that said antipassage means cannot pass through said staple in the direction of said body when said locking bolt is in said body and extending through said staple, an armor wall means having portions of approximately a U-shape as seen in a cross section thereof taken through said staple and at a right angle to said straight line, a barrier disposed on said other side of said hasp and surrounding said locking bolt and mounted between said staple and said lock body, said body having two opposite ones of its sides disposed respectively adjacent the said side portions of said staple when seen in a view looking toward said body from that surface of said staple which is on the opposite side of said staple from said body, said barrier extending beyond said staple and beyond said body on said two sides of said body as seen in said view, said armor wall means extending away from said lock body to a point substantially beyond said staple, said barrier being firmly attached to said body and hasp assembly, means attaching said armor wall means to a part of said locking assembly which is disposed toward said other side of said hasp from said securing means.