Overhead door lock

A lock for locking an overhead door supported within a pair of guide channels and movable between open and closed positions comprising:

• a substantially C-shaped base having a mounting plate, and a pair of substantially parallel spaced apart legs extending outwardly from the mounting plate;
• a striker plate adapted to be mounted to at least one of the overhead door guide channels;
• a striker carried by the base and movable between an operative locking position and an inoperative lockout position, the striker being engageable with the striker plate and adapted to lock the door in the closed position when the striker is in the operative position;
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• lockout means formed in the base for releasably holding the striker in the inoperative position preventing the striker from engaging the striker plate, whereby the lockout means includes an aperture extending through one of the legs, and in which the aperture is smaller than a cross section of the striker such that the striker cannot extend therethrough when the striker is in the inoperative lockout position.

A lock for locking an overhead door supported within a pair of guide channels and movable between open and closed positions comprising:

• a base adapted to be mounted to the overhead door;
• a striker plate adapted to be mounted to at least one of the overhead door guide channels;
• a striker carried by the base and movable between an operative locking position and an inoperative lockout position, the striker being engageable with the strike plate and adapted to lock the door in the closed position when the striker is in the operative position;
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• a keyhole shaped hole formed in the striker with a first diameter portion and a second diameter portion, communicating with the first diameter portion, which second portion is adapted to accept a cable, and which first portion accepts a fastener means adapted for securing the cable in the second portion.