Battery security and hold-down device
OwnerJohn R. Beckerinventor
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Abstract
A device for securing an electric storage battery against theft and holding it in the battery support tray provided in an automotive vehicle. The device includes special stanchions which extend upwardly from the battery support tray to support a rigid plate in overlaying relationship with respect to the top of the battery. The plate is attached to the stanchions with special anti-theft fastener assemblies which require the use of a special removal tool, and a battery hold-down pad is interposed between the plate and the battery to hold it in place.
Claims18
A device for securing an electric storage battery against theft from a battery support tray provided in an automotive vehicle, said device comprising:
- (a) at least a pair of stanchions for attachment to the battery support tray adjacent and upstanding from opposite side edges thereof, said pair of stanchions being elongated to locate their upper ends above the top of the battery when the battery is in the support tray and said pair of stanchions are attached thereto;
- (b) fastener receiver means integrally formed on the upper end of each of said pair of stanchions;
- (c) plate means for attachment to the upper ends of said pair of stanchions in overlaying relationship with the top of the battery when the battery is in the support tray and said pair of stanchions are attached thereto, said plate means including,
- I. an elongated relatively narrow rigid flange for attachment to at least one of said pair of stanchions,
- II. a rigid relatively wider battery cover flap for attachment to the other of said pair of stanchions,
- III. a hinge interconnecting said flange and said flap;
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- (d) at least a pair of security fastener means each for engaging said plate means and one of said fastener receiver means for attaching and deterring removal of said plate means from said fastener receiver means.
A device for securing an electric storage battery against theft and holding it in place in a battery support tray provided in an automotive vehicle, said device comprising:
- (a) at least three stanchions for attachment to the battery support tray so that two of said stanchions are adjacent and upstanding from one of the side edges of the battery support tray and the third stanchion is adjacent and upstanding from the opposite side edge of the battery support tray, said stanchions being elongated to locate their upper ends above the top of the storage battery when the battery is in the support tray and said stanchions are attached thereto;
- (b) fastener receiver means integrally formed on the upper end of each of said stanchions;
- (c) plate means including an elongated relatively narrow rigid flange defining a first edge for attachment to said fastener receiver means of said two of said stanchions and a rigid relatively wider battery cover flap connected to said flange by a hinge, said cover flap defining a second opposite edge for attachment to said fastener receiver means of said third one of said stanchions for locating said plate means in an upwardly spaced overlaying relationship with respect to the top of the storage battery when the battery is in the battery support tray and said stanchion are attached thereto;
- (d) at least three security fastener means each for engaging said plate means and different ones of said fastener receiver means for attaching said plate means to said stanchions and deterring removal thereof;
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- (e) a battery hold-down means for interposed positioning between said plate means and the top of the battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.