Patent ID: 8418513

Claim:
Plate lock having a lock body and a hinged bar hoop in which a first end of the hinged bar hoop is permanently secured to the lock body and a second end of the hinged bar hoop can be latched to the lock body, wherein the hinged bar hoop has a plurality of hinged bars which are pivotally connected to one another via a respective hinged connection, wherein the hinged bars have a first eye and a second eye and wherein the respective hinged connection between two hinged bars has at least one hinged pin in order to connect the first eye of the one hinged bar to the second eye of the other hinged bar, and wherein the respective hinged bar has at least one sheet metal part which extends between the first eye and the second eye, wherein a longitudinal edge of the respective hinged bar is formed by a fold in the at least one sheet metal part, the fold extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the respective hinged bar so that the at least one sheet metal part comprises a first layer of sheet metal and a second layer of sheet metal disposed on top of and directly adjacent to the first layer of sheet metal, the first and second layers of sheet metal extending from a first longitudinal end of the respective hinged bar to a second longitudinal end of the respective hinged bar.