An Alternative Design for Locking Door Handles

For dual sliding doors without a mortised lock, you'll often see people chaining the handles together, and fastening the chains tight with a padlock. That solution is somewhat effective, but inelegant and janky; you've got to take all of the slack out of the chain each time you lock it to ensure a good seal, and when unlocked, the chain hangs sloppily off of the handle. Here's a better-looking and -functioning solution I came across. You still need the padlock, but you can do away with the...