On-board vehicle lock
AssigneeMetro Mobility, LLC
InventorDavid MONTAGUE
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Abstract
An on-board locking assembly for a vehicle such as a bicycle or scooter comprising a movable member, such as a rigid bar, movably mounted to the vehicle at a first end and releasable from the vehicle at the second end, wherein a vehicle mounted receptacle is configured to fasten and release the second end, and wherein the rigid bar is configured to be movable relative to the vehicle to capture an object to which the vehicle may be fastened, and optionally obstruct the rotation of a vehicle wheel, and wherein the unfastening of the locking assembly may be controlled by wireless signal. A novel on-board retractable cable lock is also presented.
Claims21
1-50. (canceled)
An on-board locking assembly for a vehicle comprising;
- a flexible cable movably mounted to said vehicle,
- a flexible cable first end connected to said vehicle,
- a flexible cable second end releasable from said vehicle,
- a mounting assembly for movably mounting said flexible cable first end,
- a receptacle mounted on said vehicle configured to receive said flexible cable second end,
- wherein said flexible cable is configured to be movable relative to said vehicle to capture an object to which said vehicle may be fastened between said flexible cable and said vehicle, and
- wherein said flexible cable second end is configured to fasten to said receptacle.
A method for locking an on-board vehicle lock comprising;
- a flexible cable movably mounted to said vehicle,
- a flexible cable first end connected to said vehicle,
- a flexible cable second end releasable from said vehicle,
- a mounting assembly for movably mounting said flexible cable first end,
- a receptacle mounted on said vehicle configured to receive said flexible cable second end,
- wherein said flexible cable is moved relative to said vehicle to capture an object to which said vehicle may be fastened between said flexible cable and said vehicle, and
- wherein said flexible cable second end is fastened to said receptacle.
An on-board locking assembly for a vehicle comprising;
- a rigid bar movably mounted to said vehicle,
- a rigid bar first end connected to said vehicle,
- a rigid bar second end releasable from said vehicle,
- a mounting assembly for movably mounting said rigid bar first end,
- a receptacle mounted on said vehicle configured to receive said rigid bar second end,
- wherein said rigid bar is configured to be movable relative to said vehicle to capture an object to which said vehicle may be fastened between said rigid bar and said vehicle, and
- wherein said rigid bar second end is configured to fasten to said receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.