Locking tether assembly for shipping container doors

A single-use security locking assembly for shipping containers, comprising:

• A) a pin (20) comprising head (22) having shank (24) extending therefrom, said shank (24) has holes (26) and (30), extending from said hole (26) to said hole (30) are first and second channels (31), said shank (24) further comprises a groove (28) and terminates at end (32), said groove (28) perpendicularly disposed to said first and second channels (31);
• B) a tether assembly (80) having tether (82), said tether (82) comprising first and second ends, said first end having end (86), said second end having an eye bolt (84), said eye bolt (84) having a shank (88) and a face (90), said face (90) having hole (92), said hole (92) having cooperative dimensions to receive said end (86);
• and
• C) a locking member (50) comprising sidewalls (52) and axial through aperture (54), and terminating at end (56), said locking member (50) also having a snap ring (58), said snap ring (58) having cooperative dimensions to snap onto said groove (28), said aperture (54) having cooperative dimensions to receive said end (32) of said pin (20), said locking member (50) having means to lock said tether assembly (80) to said pin (20) comprising inserting said end (86) through said hole (92) and through said hole (26), along said first channel (31), through said hole (30), said end (32) is aligned with and inserted into said aperture (54), and said tether (82) falls into said second channel (31) as said locking member (50) slidably journals with sufficient force onto said shank (24) until said snap ring (58) snaps into said groove (28).