Patent ID: 6848284

Claim:
A lock assembly comprising: a first mounting seat adapted to be mounted on a first object, said first mounting seat having a rear side wall adapted to face the first object, and a front side wall provided with a first lobe that is formed with a first shackle hole therethrough, said first mounting seat being further formed with a first slide channel; a second mounting seat adapted to be mounted on a second object, said second mounting seat having a rear side wall adapted to face the second object, and a front side wall provided with a second lobe which is formed with a second shackle hole that is axially aligned with said first shackle hole, said second mounting seat being formed with a second slide channel which is aligned and communicated with said first slide channel; a padlock including a lock body and a U-shaped shackle mounted on said lock body; a slide seat having a sliding rod which is slidable along said first and second slide channels between an engaging position, in which said sliding rod extends into said first and second slide channels for engaging said first and second mounting seats, and a disengaging position, in which said sliding rod is disposed in said first slide channel and is removed from said second slide channel for disengaging from said second mounting seat so as to permit movement of one of said first and second mounting seats with the corresponding object relative to the other one of said first and second mounting seats; and a cover member mounted pivotally on said slide seat, said cover member confining an accommodating space and being formed with a third lobe that is disposed in said accommodating space, said third lobe being formed with a third shackle hole therethrough, said cover member being pivotable relative to said slide seat for moving between a closed position and an open position, said first and second lobes extending into said accommodating space so as to be covered by said cover member and so as to dispose said third lobe between said first and second lobes and to enable said third shackle hole to align axially with said first and second shackle holes in order to permit extension of said shackle of said padlock through said first, second, and third shackle holes such that said shackle is shielded by said cover member when said cover member is moved to said closed position while said slide seat is disposed in said engaging position, said third lobe being turned away from said first and second lobes to permit sliding movement of said slide seat between said engaging and disengaging positions when said cover member is moved to the open position after removal of said shackle from said first, second and third lobes.