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Abstract

An armored cable assembly (10) includes a flexible cable (12), a plurality of first armor elements (14), and a plurality of second armor elements (20). The flexible cable (12) is received within a bore (16, 28) in each of the armor elements (14, 20), which are threaded in alternate manner on the flexible cable (12). A ball and socket joint is established between adjacent armor elements (14, 20). Each of the second armor elements (20) includes a cylindrical portion (22) between first and second arcuate or hemispherical ends (24), each end (24) being adapted to provide the ball of the ball and socket joint. A locking assembly (50) is further provided for use with an armored cable assembly. The locking assembly (50) includes a lock body (52), a lock housing (54), a rotatable locking mechanism (56) operable by a key, a disk (60) rotatable to a first locked position, a second unlocked position and a third position in which the lock housing (54) is removable from the lock body (52), and a movable retainer (84) to control rotation of the disk (60) to the third position. An anchor (170) having a housing (172) having a base (174) for securing to a substrate by a fastener (178) is also provided. An aperture (180) passing through the housing (172) is generally parallel to the base (174). A cover (192) is adapted to restrict access to the fastener (178) when the aperture (180) is occupied by a cable, chain, shackle or the like.

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