Motorcycle wheel disk lock reminder system
OwnerLee Tittertoninventor
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Abstract
A motorcycle wheel disk lock reminder system for reminding a user that a disk lock is mounted to the wheel of the user's motorcycle so that the user does not drive the motorcycle with the disk lock attached to the wheel. The motorcycle wheel disk lock reminder system includes a disk lock adapted for attachment to a wheel of a motorcycle. The disk lock has a slot therein into which an insertion tab outwardly extending from an inner face of a reminder unit is removably inserted. The insertion tab of the reminder unit is also insertable into an ignition keyhole of the motorcycle subsequent removable of the insertion tab from the slot of the disk lock to prevent insertion of an ignition key into the ignition keyhole without prior removal therefrom of the insertion tab of the reminder unit.
Claims3
A motorcycle wheel disk lock reminder system for use on a motorcycle having at least one ground engaging wheel, a brake disc, and an ignition keyhole for receiving therein an ignition key for actuating said motorcycle, the system comprising:
- a disk lock being adapted for attachment to a wheel of a motorcycle to inhibit free rotation of said wheel of said motorcycle by unauthorized riders, said disk lock having a locking channel for receiving the brake disk therein and a key actuated lock with a lock bolt retractably extending across said locking channel for releasably attaching said disk lock to said wheel of said motorcycle;
- said disk lock having a slot therein;
- a reminder unit having inner and outer faces;
- said inner face of said reminder unit having an outwardly extending insertion tab;
- said insertion tab of said reminder unit being removably inserted into said slot of said disk lock;
- said insertion tab of said reminder unit being insertable into an ignition keyhole of the motorcycle subsequent removal of said insertion tab from said slot of said disk lock to prevent insertion of an ignition key into the ignition keyhole of the motorcycle without prior removal therefrom of said insertion tab of said reminder unit;
- said inner face of said reminder unit comprising a magnetic material for magnetically attaching said inner face to said ignition keyhole of said motorcycle and said slot of said disk lock when said insertion tab is inserted into said ignition keyhole and said slot respectively;
- said reminder unit having a side tab outwardly extending from an outer perimeter of said inner face of said reminder unit, said side tab generally lying in a common plane with said inner face of said reminder unit;
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- said side tab of said reminder unit having a hole therethrough adapted for extending a flexible elongate element therethrough to permit attachment of said reminder unit to an object with said flexible elongate element.
A motorcycle wheel disk lock reminder system, comprising:
- a motorcycle having at least one ground engaging wheel, and an ignition keyhole for receiving therein an ignition key for actuating said motorcycle;
- a disk lock being attached to said wheel of said motorcycle to inhibit free rotation of said wheel of said motorcycle by unauthorized riders, said disk lock having a locking channel receiving a brake disk therein and a key actuated lock with a lock bolt retractably extending across said locking channel for releasably attaching said disk lock to said wheel of said motorcycle;
- said disk lock having an outwardly facing slot therein;
- a reminder unit having a generally circular substantially planar inner face and a generally dome-shaped arcuate outer face;
- said inner face of said reminder unit having an outwardly extending insertion tab;
- said insertion tab of said reminder unit being inserted into said ignition keyhole of said motorcycle to prevent insertion of an ignition key into said ignition keyhole of said motorcycle without prior removal therefrom of said insertion tab of said reminder unit;
- said insertion tab of said reminder unit being insertable into said slot of said disk lock to attach said reminder unit to said disk lock subsequent removal of said insertion tab from said ignition keyhole;
- said inner face of said reminder unit comprising a magnetic material for magnetically attaching said inner face to said ignition keyhole of said motorcycle and said slot of said disk lock when said insertion tab is inserted into said ignition keyhole and said slot respectively;
- said reminder unit having a generally rectangular side tab outwardly extending from an outer perimeter of said inner face of said reminder unit, said side tab generally lying in a common plane with said inner face of said reminder unit;
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- said side tab of said reminder unit having a generally circular hole therethrough adapted for extending a flexible elongate element therethrough to permit attachment of said reminder unit to an object with said flexible elongate element.
A method for reminding a user that a disk lock is mounted to a wheel of a motorcycle, comprising the acts of:
- providing a motorcycle having at least one ground engaging wheel and an ignition keyhole for receiving therein an ignition key for actuating said motorcycle;
- providing a disk lock having an outwardly facing slot therein and a reminder unit, said reminder unit having an inner face, said inner face of said reminder unit having an outwardly extending insertion tab, said insertion tab of said reminder unit being inserted into said slot of said disk lock to attach said reminder unit to said disk lock;
- attaching said disk lock to the wheel of the motorcycle;
- removing said insertion tab of said reminder unit from said slot of said disk lock;
- inserting said insertion tab of said reminder unit into said ignition keyhole of said motorcycle to thereby prevent insertion of an ignition key into said ignition keyhole without prior removal therefrom of said insertion tab of said reminder unit;
- removing said insertion tab of said reminder unit from said ignition keyhole;
- reinserting said insertion tab of said reminder unit into said slot of said disk lock to attach said reminder unit to said disk lock subsequent removal of said insertion tab from said ignition keyhole;
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- removing said disk lock from said wheel of said motorcycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.