Patent ID: 8561635

Claim:
A hydrant locking device adapted for interconnection to a hydrant body having an inlet that is associated with a fluid pipe, an outlet, and a fluid control portion that includes a threaded portion that surrounds a stem screw and receives a packing nut, comprising: a lock body having a threaded end adapted to interconnect to the threaded portion of the hydrant body, a cavity and an aperture associating said cavity to an outer surface of said lock body; a lock having a selectively movable bolt and an outer surface with a groove integrated therein, said lock being fixed within said cavity of said lock body in a predetermined orientation; a cover comprised of a cylindrical outer surface and a cylindrical inner surface positioned over said outer surface of said lock body wherein said lock body and said lock are concealed with only an outer surface of said lock exposed, said cover also including a portion that extends into an internal volume of said cover that has a plurality of fingers that engage said groove to operably fix said cover to said lock, said cover being freely rotatable about said lock body wherein said lock remains stationary relative to said lock body; and a key that is associated with said lock to selectively move said movable bolt, wherein when said movable bolt is in a first, extended position of use, said lock and said associated cover are interconnected to said lock body, and in a second, retracted position of use, said lock and said associated cover are not interconnected to said lock body wherein said lock and associated cover can be removed from said lock body.