Anti-theft brake locking device
AssigneeLawman Armor Corporation
InventorRobert A. Vito
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Abstract
A device for locking the brake of a vehicle and preventing its theft comprising: a base member for a placement on the floorboard of a vehicle beneath a brake pedal; a U-shaped housing extending downward and having a first arm attached to the base and having a second shorter arm defining a gap for receipt of a brake pedal shaft, said space between the first and second arms defining a slot for receiving the brake pedal shaft and permitting its full extension upward through said shaft; and locking means associated with the second arm for locking the underside of the pedal within the slot such that the brake pedal cannot be depressed.
Claims7
A device for locking the brake of a vehicle and preventing the theft of said vehicle comprising:
- a base member for a placement on the floorboard of said vehicle beneath a brake pedal and a brake pedal shaft;
- a U-shaped housing extending downward and having a first arm attached to the base and having a second shorter arm defining a gap for receipt of the brake pedal shaft, said space between the first and second arms defining a slot for receiving the brake pedal shaft and permitting the full extension of said brake pedal shaft upward through said slot;
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- a locking mechanism associated with the first arm for locking the underside of the pedal shaft within the slot such that the brake pedal cannot be depressed.
A device for locking the brake of a vehicle and preventing the theft of said vehicle comprising:
- a base member for placement on the floorboard of said vehicle beneath a brake pedal and brake pedal shaft;
- a metallic U-shaped housing extending downward and having a first arm attached to the base and having a second shorter arm defining an opening for receiving the brake pedal shaft, said space between the first and second arms defining a slot for receiving the brake pedal shaft and permitting the full extension of said brake pedal shaft both upward and downward through said slot, said first arm having a cylindrical opening therethrough;
- a rod extending through said cylindrical opening and being slidable therewith, said rod having a pin which catches the underside of said brake pedal shaft within the slot and pulls the brake pedal shaft upward in a decompressed position;
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- a locking mechanism for locking the position of the rod and pin such that the brake or clutch pedal cannot be depressed.
A device for locking the brake of a vehicle and preventing the theft of said vehicle comprising:
- a base member for a placement on the floorboard of the vehicle beneath a brake pedal and brake pedal shaft;
- a stainless steel U-shaped housing extending downward and having a first arm attached to the base and having a second shorter arm defining an opening for receiving the brake pedal shaft, said space between the first and second arms defining a slot for receiving the brake pedal shaft and permitting the full extension of said brake pedal shaft both upward and downward through said slot, said first arm having a cylindrical opening extending therethrough and collinearly with said slot;
- a serrated rod extending through said cylindrical opening and being slidable therewith, said rod having a pin at a first end for catching the underside of said brake pedal shaft within the slot and a handle at a second end for pulling the brake pedal shaft upward in a decompressed position;
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- a locking mechanism adapted to lock the serrated rod and pin in position such that the brake pedal cannot be depressed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.