Anti-theft vehicle pedal locking device

A device for locking the brake or clutch of a vehicle and thus preventing its theft, comprising:

• a base member having a length longer than its width, positionable against a floor of the vehicle beneath the brake or the clutch at least on a shaft thereof;
• a plurality of feet on an underside of the base member extending longitudinally equally on either side of the width of the base member, at least two of the feet being distal from one another along the length of the base member;
• a metallic U-shaped housing comprising a first arm attached at a top side of the base member and having a slot longitudinally therethrough facing a second arm, the second arm being attached to the first arm distally from the base member, extending downward from the attachment, and being unconnected to the base member so as to provide an opening into the U-shaped housing at an endpoint of the second arm, the opening being configured to receive the shaft;
• a rod slidably within the first arm and having a locking pin at an end thereof, the rod being extendable upward and downward within the first arm such that the locking pin extends outwardly from the slot during extension of the first arm;
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• a lock proximate the attachment, wherein actuation of the lock locks the rod in a position such that the pin firmly abuts the shaft, and such that the feet are stabilized firmly against a floor of the vehicle, so as to prevent depression of the brake or clutch.

A device for locking a pedal of a vehicle to thereby prevent theft thereof, comprising:

• a base member being positionable on a floorboard of the vehicle beneath the pedal;
• at least three stabilizing feet mounted to the base member, at least two of the feet being distally located from one another on an underside of the base member and in contact with the floorboard, and a third of the feet being substantially equidistant between the first and second feet along the base member;
• a U-shaped housing comprising two arms, a first of the arms comprising an open cylinder attached to said base member and including a slot on a side thereof facing a second of the arms, the second arm being shorter than said first arm and being unattached to the base member so as to define an opening for receiving at least a portion of the pedal;
• an extendable inner arm slidably fitted in the open cylinder of the first arm and including a locking pin at a base portion thereof, the locking pin being seated in the base member prior to extension of the extendable inner arm and sliding upwardly along the slot upon extension of the extendable inner arm;
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• a lock associated with said first arm capable of locking the extendable inner arm such that the pin is pressed against a pedal underside of the pedal so as to prevent depression of the pedal;
• wherein the stabilizing feet impede moving of the second arm so as to reposition the opening into alignment with the pedal after the locking.