Spare tire bracket lock for pick-up trucks and like vehicles

A spare tire bracket lock for deterring theft of a spare tire from a pick-up truck or similar vehicle, the vehicle including an elongated bracket for retaining the spare tire against the undercarriage of the vehicle, the vehicle also including a threaded bolt attached to the undercarriage of the vehicle for extension through a hole in one end of said elongated bracket, said threaded bolt being engaged by a nut for securing said elongated bracket to said threaded bolt, said nut including a flange having an eye therein, said spare tire bracket lock comprising in combination:

• a. a first planar member having a slot through which the flange of said nut is passed, said first planar member permitting a shackle of a padlock to be passed through the eye within the flange of said nut;
• b. a second planar member lying perpendicular to said first planar member, said second planar member and said first planar member being attached to each other along a common edge;
• c. a third planar member lying parallel to said second planar member, said third planar member lying on a side of a plane containing said second planar member opposite the side on which said first planar member lies;
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• e. attaching means for attaching said third planar member to said second planar member at an edge of said second planar member opposite said common edge, wherein said second and third planar members and said attaching means form a lipped portion for sliding over one edge of said elongated bracket and for preventing rotation of the flange of said nut.