Loc n{40 bolt

Claim 1

In a loc n''bolt, the combination of an assembly used either with or without a separate internally threaded cap, said assembly comprising a bolt, lockwasher, collar, ball and key operated lock, said bolt securing a portable equipment to a stationary anchoring object, by being inserted through a clearance opening of said object and into an opening of said equipment, said bolt including an enlarged head at one end with a cross slot thereacross, said bolt being first inserted through said lockwasher, then through said collar, and ball successively after which it is fitted through said object opening, and said equipment opening where it is threadingly secured, said bolt head is within a center of an opening through said ball when said bolt locks said equipment and object together, a removable lock being fitted in said ball opening adjacent said bolt head and retained in locked position therewith by a removable key, an outer end of said lock being flush with a spherical surface of said ball, said lock having an eccentric cam which in a locked position is moved behind a projection formed on a wall of said ball opening, said ball being of strong steel, the spherical surface thereof bEing chrome plated and polished to a smooth finish, and said ball fully enclosing an entire length of said collar whereby said ball abuts directly against said object.