Braking device to secure mobile units

A braking device comprising:

• a first braking member;
• a second braking member, the second braking member being removably attachable to the first braking member;
• a first alignment extension projecting outward from a first attachment face of the first braking member;
• a second alignment extension projecting outward from a first attachment face of the second braking member;
• a first alignment bore being recessed in a second attachment face of first braking member;
• a second alignment bore being recessed in a second attachment face of the second braking member;
• the first alignment extension being releasably engaged with the second alignment bore and the second alignment extension being releasably engaged with the first alignment bore when the second braking member is removably attached to the first braking member;
• a biasing mechanism, the biasing mechanism positioned and movable through either the first braking member or the second braking member;
• a confinement zone to house a movement component of a mobile unit, the confinement zone formed when the first braking member is removably attached with the second braking member;
• and
• wherein the biasing mechanism is movable between a first position and a second position, the first position placing the biasing mechanism further away from the confinement zone and the second position placing the biasing mechanism further within the confinement zone for selective contact with the movement component of the mobile unit.

A method to secure a movable component of a mobile unit with a braking device, the method comprising:

• placing a first braking member of the braking device around the movable component, wherein the movable component is located within a confinement zone of the braking device wherein the first braking member has an alignment extension projecting outward from a first attachment face of the first braking member and an alignment bore being recessed in a second attachment face of first braking member;
• placing a second braking member around the movable component at a location opposite the first braking member wherein the second braking member has an alignment extension projecting outward from a first attachment face of the second braking member and an alignment bore being recessed in a second attachment face of second braking member;
• attaching the first braking member to the second braking member by releasably engaging the alignment extension projecting outward from the first attachment face of the first braking member with the alignment bore recessed into the second attachment face of the second braking member and releasably engaging the alignment extension projecting outward from the first attachment face of the second braking member with the alignment bore recessed in the second attachment face of the first braking member to create the confinement zone surrounding the movable component;
• adjusting a biasing mechanism operatively coupled through either the first braking member or the second braking member, the biasing mechanism having a portion present within the confinement zone of the braking device;
• and
• wherein adjustment of the biasing mechanism moves a positional location of the biasing mechanism further into the confinement zone towards the moveable component until engagement with a first movement component side of the movable component to secure the moveable component within the confinement zone of the braking device.