Patent ID: 7121531

Claim:
A gate assembly with a lock housing including: A) a gate member having a pivoting end and a moving end, said moving end including a vertical tubular member interrupted by a predetermined distance thereby defining an upper tubular member having a first distal end and a lower tubular member having a second distal end; B) a housing including upper and lower walls having upper and lower through openings, respectively, and further including front and rear walls, spaced apart with respect to each other, and said front and rear walls including front and rear through openings, respectively, and said housing further includes first and second lateral walls, spaced apart with respect to each other, said first lateral wall including a lateral through opening and said lateral walls defining a space within said housing; C) an elongated reinforcement tubular member having first and second ends and a substantially rectangular cross-section, wherein said elongated reinforcement tubular member includes first, second, third and fourth elongated walls, adjacent elongated walls being perpendicularly disposed with respect to each other defining the substantially rectangular cross section, said first elongated wall including a first through aperture, said second and third elongated walls each include longitudinal cutouts that extend from said first through aperture and said fourth elongated wall includes a second through aperture in substantial alignment with said first through aperture, and said fourth elongated wall being rigidly mounted to said first lateral wall of said housing with said first and second ends protruding out through said upper and lower through openings, respectively, and said first and second ends being received and housed by said first and second distal ends of said upper and lower tubular members; and D) locking hardware mounted within said housing and operable through said front and rear through openings and said lateral through opening.