Locking cane bolt for gates and the like

Claim 1

A gate lock for locking together a pair of hinged, swinging gates, each of said gates being hinged at an outer edge portion and having inner edges adjacent each other when said gates are in a closed position, said gate lock comprising in combination: an elongated vertically slidable and rotatable cane bolt mounted on a first of said gates adjacent said first gate''s inner edge; an apertured floor plate for receiving a lower end of said cane bolt when said first gate is in its closed position; an L-shaped hasp plate having first and second leg portions and being affixed to an upper portion of said cane bolt and rotatable therewith, said first leg of said hasp plate being secured to and extending transversely to said cane bolt, said second leg of said L-shaped hasp plate being positionable between said closed gates and having an aperture therethrough; a cylinder lock secured to a second of said gates adjacent said second gate''s inner edge, and having a long throw bolt, said throw bolt being extendable through said aperture in said hasp plate when said second leg of said hasp plate is positioned between said gates in their closed position; and, an aperture in said inner edge of said first gate, said throw bolt being extendable through said hasp plate aperture and into said aperture in said inner edge of said first gate to lock said gates in their closed position.