US 5,181,404 A · Motor vehicle brake pedal locking device

Abstract

A brake pedal locking device having a pin (20) permanently mounted in a vehicle floorboard and a locking compression member (33) that preferably consists of a locking channel (34) having an angular plate (44) with a pin bore (46). When the channel is placed over a vehicle brake pedal (42) the bore interfaces with the pin to lock the device in place. Engaging arms (56) are depressed by the vehicle driver for installation of the device and release arms (66) are depressed to remove the device from the wedged position between the break pedal (42) and the floorboard pin (20). A key lock (63) or a removable pad lock (64) is used to secure the device and an alarm unit (90) is activated when an unauthorized removal of the device is taking place. A carrying handle (54) permits ease of handling and a switch or the like with openable electrical contacts (72) deenergizes the vehicle's brake light when the device is installed.

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Dependent claims

A theft preventing motor vehicle brake pedal locking device for use with vehicles having a foot operated brake pedal and structural floorboard, said device comprising:

a) a rigid upstanding pin positioned permanently onto a vehicle floorboard in substantial alignment with the vehicle brake pedal,
b) a locking compression member in the form of a locking channel having a front end and a back end with the front end having a pedal engagement cavity that forms a keeper with an internal configuration slightly larger than the brake pedal for containment of the pedal, and the back end having a pin bore therethrough, with said pin insertably retained in the bore mechanically linking the brake pedal with the floorboard,
c) a pair of pedal engaging arms located near the front end of said locking channel for depressing the brake pedal when installing the device,
d) a pin locking means engaging said pin preventing removal of said channel, and
e) a pair of pedal releasing arms disposed outwardly from said locking channel near the front end and above the pedal engaging arms for disengaging said channel from said pin when said pin locking means has been removed for detachment of the device from the vehicle.

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A theft preventing motor vehicle brake pedal locking device for use with vehicles having a foot operated brake pedal and structural floorboard, said device comprising:

a) a rigid upstanding pin positioned permanently onto a vehicle floorboard in substantial alignment with the vehicle brake pedal,
b) a locking compression member in the form of a locking tube having a front end and a back end, said tube having a stop plate located near its front end, and where the back end has an integrally attached pin receiving end having a pin bore therethrough,
c) a pedal cover having a back surface that is sized to substantially cover the vehicle's brake pedal and accelerator pedal, said cover having a tube bore therethrough sized to allow the front of said locking tube to easily slide therein, where the front of said locking tube slides under the brake pedal and is retained from further forward movement by the back surface of said stop plate, where when pressure is applied to the lower sections of said stop plate and pedal cover by the driver's feet the brake pedal is depressed for a distance that allows said pin to be insertably retained in the pin bore mechanically linking the brake pedal with the floorboard, and conversely, when pressure is applied to the upper sections of said stop plate and pedal cover the locking tube rises and becomes disengaged from said pin to thus allow said locking device to be removed, and
d) a pin locking means engaging said pin preventing removal of said locking tube.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Motor vehicle brake pedal locking device

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Motor vehicle brake pedal locking device

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Abstract

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