US 4,747,279 AGranted

Automobile security device for locking a floor-mounted gearshift lever

AssigneeWolo Manufacturing Corporation

InventorStanley E. Solow

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Abstract

An automobile security device includes a lock bar extending through a lock housing. A clamping device is fixed on one end of the lock bar, and a hook is supported by the lock housing. The lock housing and hook are axially displaceable along the lock bar, such that the clamp can be attached to a floor mounted gear select lever or gearshift lever, and the lock housing and hook thereafter moved axially along the lock bar, away from the clamp, until the hook engages the floor mounted brake handle. The lock housing is locked on the lock bar, after the unit is mounted, so as to prevent the movement of the gear select lever out of the park position, and prevent movement of the brake from the engaged to the release position. The unit may also be mounted on a steering wheel, and includes a projecting rod to interfere with the rotation of the steering wheel.

Claims4

Dependent claims

An automobile security device for use with a floor-mounted hand brake, having a handle that extends from a base, and gear select lever or gearshift lever, said device comprising:

a lock housing having a hole therethrough;
a lock bar extending through the hole and being displaceable, along its axis, relative to the lock housing, the lock bar having a free end spaced from said housing;
lock means associated with the lock housing for selectively engaging said lock bar at axially spaced locations;
first engagement means fixed on said free end of said lock bar, said means including a first recess means, for engaging a first generally cylindrical member;
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second engagement means supported by the lock housing including a second recess means for engaging a second generally cylindrical member, wherein said first and second recess means face away from one another, in axially opposite directions, and wherein said first engagement means and second engagement means define opposite ends of the security device, whereby in a car that has a floor-mounted gear select lever or gearshift level and a floor-mounted brake handle, the first engagement means can be positioned to engage the shift lever, the housing and second engagement means pulled along the lock bar, away from the first engagement means, until the second engagement means engages the base of the floor mounted brake handle, and the lock means thereafter locked so that the gearshift lever cannot be moved toward the brake handle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.