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US 5,495,224 AGranted
Method and apparatus for preventing auto theft
OwnerUriel Adarinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for preventing automobile theft which includes structure for rendering the front windshield, or all the windows of the automobile, opaque. The opaqueness may be caused either by mechanical means, or alternatively, by utilizing liquid crystals or similar media, energized by electric fields.
Claims10
A method to discourage theft of an automobile having a front windshield, which method comprises:
- providing said automobile with at least one detection mechanism having at least one detection sensor, each said detection mechanism activatable by unauthorized or forced entry to the automobile;
- providing said automobile with means to render the front windshield of said automobile opaque, said means activatable by said detection mechanism;
- wherein activation of said detection mechanism by forced or unauthorized entry, will activate said means and render the windshield opaque, effectively preventing operation of said automobile.
An apparatus to discourage theft of an automobile having a front windshield, which apparatus comprises:
- at least one detection mechanism having at least one detection sensor, each said detection mechanism activatable by unauthorized or forced entry to the automobile;
- means to render the front windshield of said automobile opaque, said means activatable by said detection mechanism;
- wherein activation of said detection mechanism by forced or unauthorized entry, will activate said means and render the windshield opaque, effectively preventing operation of said automobile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.