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US 12,767,089 B2Granted
Vehicle theft deterrent devices and methods
OwnerTimothy Crawford, Robert Nelsoninventors
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Abstract
A vehicle theft deterrent box includes a housing having at least a first portion and a second portion. The theft deterrent box has an open state when at least a portion of a gear shifter of a vehicle is receivable in the housing and a closed state when at least a portion of the gear shifter is received in the housing and the housing is not removable from the gear shifter. Other devices and methods are disclosed.
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A theft deterrent box comprising:
- a housing having at least a first portion and a second portion, wherein the theft deterrent box has an open state when at least a portion of a gear shifter of a vehicle is receivable in the housing and wherein the housing has a closed state when at least a portion of the gear shifter is received in the housing and the housing is not removable from the gear shifter;
- a lock integrated into one of the first portion or the second portion, the lock configured to maintain the housing in a closed state and release the housing to the open state;
- a cord having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is configured to couple to a steering wheel of the vehicle and wherein the second end is configured to couple to the housing;
- a first hole configured to receive a shaft of a first gear shifter;
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- a second hole configured to receive a shaft of a second gear shifter, wherein the first hole has a different diameter than the second hole.
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A theft deterrent system comprising:
- theft deterrent box comprising a housing having at least a first portion and a second portion, wherein the theft deterrent box has an open state when at least a portion of a gear shifter of a vehicle is receivable in the housing and wherein the housing has a closed state when at least a portion of the gear shifter is received in the housing and the housing is not removable from the gear shifter;
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- a cord having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is configured to couple to a steering wheel of the vehicle and wherein the second end has a loop configured to be placed over a shaft of a gear shifter and wherein the theft deterrent box retains the loop over the shaft when the theft deterrent box is in the closed state.
A cord comprising:
- a first end configured to couple to a steering wheel of a vehicle;
- a second end having a loop configured to change between a first diameter and a second diameter, wherein the loop is configured to pass over a shifter of a vehicle shift handle when the loop has the first diameter and wherein the loop is configured to be located around a shaft of the shifter of the vehicle and prevented from passing over the handle when the loop has the second diameter;
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- a lock configured to maintain the loop in the second diameter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.