US 4,066,307 AGranted

Anti-theft housing for vehicular communication equipment

OwnerPaul E. Bardinginventor

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Abstract

An anti-theft housing for vehicular communication equipment utilizes a housing adapted to contain the body of the communication equipment having the face plate or front panel thereof extending outwardly from the housing by passing through an access port therein. An escutcheon plate disposed about the access port captures the front plate of the communication equipment preventing the removal of the equipment from the housing when the escutcheon plate is locked to the housing utilizing a pair of arms attached to the escutcheon plate that are located within the housing and secured thereto, by a pair of rods engaging holes in the arms and operably controlled by a key operated lock secured to the housing. The keyway of the lock is shielded by a plate secured to the housing and spaced outwardly therefrom so as to prevent tampering with the lock by unauthorized personnel. A key, having a bar extending at right angles to the length of the key, operates the lock when inserted in the space separating the plate and the adjacent exterior wall of the housing to which the lock is affixed.

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Dependent claims

An anti-theft housing for vehicular communication equipment comprising a housing, an escutcheon, said escutcheon having an opening therein, said opening being smaller in size than the front plate of a communication apparatus, a pair of arms extending outwardly from said opening and parallel to each other, said housing having an access port passing through a wall thereof, said communication apparatus being disposed partially passing through said port and partially residing within said housing when said escutcheon clampingly engages said front plate intermediate said escutcheon and said housing, said pair of arms being disposed within said housing when said escutcheon clampingly engages said front plate intermediate said escutcheon and said housing, a lock, said lock having a lock housing, said lock housing fixedly secured to a wall of said housing opposite to said wall having said port therein, a pair of rods extending outwardly from said lock, one end of each of said pair of rods operably positioned by locking and unlocking said lock into and out of engagement with openings located in the ends of said pair of arms when said pair of arms are disposed within said housing, a plate fixedly secured to said housing, said plate located parallel to the keyway opening of said lock and outwardly of said housing, a key, said key operably controlling said lock, said key having a bar fixedly secured thereto, said bar extending substantially at right angles to the length of said key, means to fixedly secure said housing to a motor vehicle.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.