Vehicle antitheft device
OwnerKeanen T. Surlesinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle antitheft device (10) for locking the brakes of a vehicle including a hook member (12) which engages the brake pedal (16) of a vehicle. The hook member (12) is locked (11) through the floorboard (20) by a dead bolt (24) which slides through a guide hole (23) in a locking sleeve (18) which depends from the floorboard (20). The dead bolt (24) further extends through a hole (22) in the shaft (13) of the hook member (12) while the shaft (13) is inside the locking sleeve (18). The dead bolt (24) is engaged by a key-operated push-pull cable (26,28). A brake light cutoff switch (34) is included to prevent brake light operation when the device is in the locked position. A metal box (38) encloses the locking mechanism (11) to protect the system from tampering from underneath the vehicle.
Claims30
A vehicle antitheft device assembly (10) comprising:
- a floor board (20);
- a brake pedal (16);
- brake pedal engaging means (12) including a shaft portion (13) and a J-hook end portion (14) for engaging a brake peal (16) above the floor board (20) and retaining the brake pedal (16) in a brake-engaged position (FIG. 2) and for being disengaged and independent from said brake pedal (16) when not in the brake engaged position;
- locking means (11) depending from said floor board (20) for receiving said shaft portion (13) of said brake pedal engaging means (12) below the floorboard (20) of the vehicle at a position aligned with said brake pedal (16) and for locking said brake pedal engaging means (12) in the brake-engaged position (FIG. 2).
A vehicle antitheft assembly (10) comprising:
- brake pedal engaging means (12) for engaging a brake pedal (16) above a floor board (20) and retaining the brake pedal (16) in a brake-engaged position and for being disengaged and independent from the brake pedal (16) when not in the brake-engaged position;
- locking means (11) for receiving said brake pedal engaging means (12) below the floor board (20) of a vehicle at a position aligned with the brake pedal (16) and for locking said pedal engaging means (12) in the brake-engaged position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.