Vehicular anti-theft device
OwnerRobert E. Croissantinventor
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Abstract
A vehicular anti-theft device has a clamping member for clamping the tire of a vehicle under pressure to prevent rotation of the wheel of the vehicle on which the tire is mounted. An actuating device mounted on the vehicle and coupled to the clamping member selectively moves the clamping member onto the tire to clamp the tire and away from the tire to release the tire. A control mounted in the vehicle and coupled to the actuating device includes the ignition switch of the ignition system of the vehicle. The control controls the operation of the actuating device to clamp the tire when the ignition is turned OFF and releases the tire when the operator of the vehicle provides a predetermined code indication.
Claims11
A vehicular anti-theft device for an automotive vehicle having an engine, a battery, an ignition system for the engine, the ignition system including an ignition switch for energizing said ignition system when turned ON and deenergizing said ignition system when turned OFF, a wheel and an inflated tire mounted on the wheel, said vehicular anti-theft device comprising
- clamping means for clamping the tire of a vehicle under pressure to prevent rotation of the wheel on which said tire is mounted;
- actuating means mounted on the vehicle and coupled to said clamping means for selectively moving said clamping means onto said tire to clamp said tire and away from said tire to release said tire;
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- control means mounted in the vehicle and coupled to said actuating means and including the ignition switch of said vehicle for controlling the operation of said actuating means to clamp said tire when said ignition switch is turned OFF and releasing said tire upon the provision of a predetermined code indication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.