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US 5,410,896 AGranted
Gear shift knob locking device
OwnerDonald A. Gleasoninventor
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Abstract
A housing structure having a first shell and second shell arranged for hinged securement together and including a cooperative lock to permit latching of the first and second shells together to receive a gear shift knob within the shell when secured together preventing access to the gear shift knob release button.
Claims1
A gear shift knob locking device, comprising,
- a housing having a first shell and a second shell, with the first shell having a first shell top wall portion, the second shell having a second shell top wall portion, with a hinge mounted to the first shell top wall portion and the second shell top wall portion to pivotally mount the first shell relative to the second shell in a mirror image relationship, the first shell having a first shell convex arcuate first side wall extending from the first shell top wall portion, the second shell having a second shell arcuate convex second side wall extending from the second shell top wall portion, with the first shell having a first shell bottom wall portion extending from the first side wall, the second shell having a second shell bottom wall portion extending from the second wall, with the first shell bottom wall portion and the second shell bottom wall portion arranged in a contiguous relationship relative to one another when the first shell and the second shell are in contiguous relation to one another, and
- the first shell having a first shell bottom wall opening, the second shell having a second bottom wall opening, with the first shell bottom wall opening and the second shell bottom wall opening arranged in a facing relationship relative to one another to receive a gear shift knob shaft therethrough when the first shell and the second shell are secured together, and lock means secured to the first shell and the second shell for selectively securing the first shell and the second shell together,
- the first shell having a first shell front wall portion, the second shell having a second shell front wall portion, and the first shell front wall portion and the second shell front wall portion defining a seam when the first shell and the second shell are secured together,
- a frangible tube directed along the seam, with the frangible tube mounted onto the first shell to extend over the seam when the first shell and the second shell are secured together, and the frangible tube includes an indicator dye contained therewith.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.