Security device for an automobile

An antitheft device for protecting a vehicle and dashboard components of a vehicle from theft, comprising:

• a clamp having two clamp arms disposed in a scissor-like arrangement, said clamp having arcuate members for engaging the rim of a steering wheel therein;
• a housing having a locking means for releasably securing said housing to said clamp, said housing thereby forming a unified exterior of the clamp;
• a rod releasably secured to said housing by said locking means;
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• a blocking member secured to one end of said rod for blocking the removal of dashboard components, wherein said blocking member is a substantially rectangular shaped plate.

An antitheft device for protecting a vehicle and dashboard components of a vehicle from theft, comprising:

• a clamp having two clamp arms disposed in a scissor-like arrangement, said clamp having arcuate members for engaging the rim of a steering wheel therein;
• a housing having a locking means for releasably securing said housing to said clamp, said housing thereby forming a unified exterior of the clamp;
• a rod releasably secured to said housing by said locking means wherein said rod includes a hinged portion having a hinge that allows said rod to be pivoted at said hinge while said hinged portion is secured to said housing, so that said rod may be disposed substantially parallel to and in close proximity to said housing for compact storage of said antitheft device;
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• a blocking member secured to one end of said rod for blocking the removal of dashboard components.

A locking attachment for locking onto the steering wheel of a vehicle to prevent its operation and the theft of equipment mounted in the vehicle dashboard, comprising:

• a clamp comprising a lower clamping member having an arcuate shape and an inner diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the steering wheel for receiving the steering wheel therein, said lower clamping member having a first rod extending transversely thereof;
• said clamp further comprising an upper clamping member having an arcuate shape and an inner diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the steering wheel for receiving the steering wheel therein, said upper clamping member having a second rod extending transversely thereof, said first rod and said second rod being pivotally secured together between the ends thereof;
• a locking means;
• a housing comprising at least one longitudinal channel dimensioned to slidably receive the distal ends of said first and said second rods when said upper and lower clamping members are brought into close proximity, a second channel formed within said housing and extending transversely therethrough, and an aperture in communication with said first and second channels for receiving and securing said locking means therein;
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• a third rod slidably disposed on one end within said second channel in said housing, said third rod having a proximal and a distal end, said distal end having a plate secured thereto.