Patent ID: 8353186

Claim:
A hoop lock having a lock body and having a hoop which is movable relative to the lock body along a hoop moving direction between an open position and a closed position, wherein the lock body has a lock housing and a locking mechanism which is fixedly connected to the lock housing and has a driver, wherein the driver is selectably movable into an unlatched position or into a latched position, wherein furthermore a latching device is provided in the lock housing and is effective between the driver of the locking mechanism, the hoop and the lock housing, wherein the latching device latches the hoop to the lock housing when the hoop is in the closed position and the driver of the locking mechanism is in the latched position, wherein the latching device comprises a latch element which is movable transversely with respect to the hoop moving direction into a release position when the driver is in the unlatched position, wherein said latch element in the release position is movable together with the hoop along the hoop moving direction between the open position and the closed position of the hoop.