Patent ID: 8020414

Claim:
A container-locking device comprising: a pair of locking bar fasteners configured to mate with a pair of shipping container locking bars, wherein each locking bar fastener is made from a flat plate, and further wherein each locking bar fastener comprises a flat end opposing a U-shape end, the U-shape ends forming an internal radius that is substantially the same size as the radius of each shipping container locking bar to which each locking bar fastener is mated; a padlock compartment attached to a front surface at the flat ends of the pair of locking bar fasteners, wherein the padlock compartment has a height substantially equivalent to a width of the pair of locking bar fasteners, and further wherein the padlock compartment is vertically divided into two symmetrical padlock compartment segments; and a padlock shroud separation prevention unit comprising an upper section affixed to a rear surface of a first segment of the padlock compartment and a lower section affixed to a rear surface of a second segment of the padlock compartment, wherein the upper section of the padlock shroud separation prevention unit is configured to mate with the lower section of the padlock shroud separation prevention unit in to prevent the padlock compartment segments from separating; wherein a total distance between the U-shape ends of the pair of locking bar fasteners is substantially the same distance as the distance between the two shipping container locking bars when both flat ends of the locking bar fasteners are connected to each other via the padlock compartment.