Patent ID: 6966205

Claim:
An accessory locking device comprising: a flexible elongated securement means having a first end forming a lockable insertion end and a second end forming an attachment end, said lockable insertion end having an aperture receptive to the shank of a padlock, said attachment end having a attachment aperture whereby said flexible securement means can be fixedly secured to a stationary structure; a locking plate assembly, said locking plate assembly comprising a locking plate having a first aperture sized to receive said insertion end of said securement means and a second aperture having an elongated slot extending therefrom; a key-operated tumbler lock tangentially adjacent said second aperture, said tumbler lock including a coaxial bolt member operatively associated therewith positionable between locked and unlocked positions wherein said bolt member extends into said second aperture in said locked position; and at least one attachment cable formed from a length of flexible steel cable having a proximal end permanently attached to said locking plate and a distal end extending therefrom and sized for placement within said slot, said at least one attachment cable including a coaxially attached locking lug wherein said locking lug is sized for closely aligned insertion into said second aperture; and a conventional padlock; whereby said bolt member of said key-operated tumbler lock is placed in an unlocked position, and said distal end of said at least one attachment cable is wrapped around an item to be locked and inserted into said second aperture of said locking plate such that said locking lug passes through said second aperture and said at least one attachment cable is transversed for placement into said slot, whereupon said bolt member of said key-operated tumbler lock is placed in a locked position thus preventing the withdrawal of said locking lug from said second aperture, and said insertion end of said flexible elongated securement means is inserted through said first aperture leaving said insertion end available for receipt of said padlock and said attachment end is secured to a stationary structure, thereby locking the item to the stationary structure.