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US 6,397,645 B1Granted
Vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock
OwnerDeloash Grant, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock for preventing the accelerator pedal of a vehicle from being depressed by a person attempting to steal the vehicle. The vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock includes a base assembly including a base member being adapted to be securely attached to a floor of a vehicle, and also including a shoe support member being securely fastened with fasteners to the base member; and further includes a shoe member being adapted to cover an accelerator pedal of the vehicle and being adapted to lockingly mount to the base assembly for preventing unauthorized use of the accelerator pedal; and also includes a locking member for locking the shoe member to the base assembly.
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A vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock comprising:
- a base assembly for mounting to a floor of a vehicle below an accelerator pedal, said base assembly including a shoe support member for mounting on the floor on an upper surface of the floor;
- a shoe member for positioning forwardly of the accelerator pedal to restrict access to the accelerator pedal of the vehicle when said base assembly is mounted on said base assembly for preventing unauthorized use of the accelerator pedal, said shoe member being slidable onto said base assembly for mounting said shoe member in a blocking position adjacent to and extending about a portion of the accelerator pedal when said base assembly is mounted on the vehicle, said shoe member being slidably out of said blocking position and being removable from said base assembly for permitting access to the accelerator pedal;
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- a locking member for releasably locking said shoe member to said base assembly in said blocking position.
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A vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock comprising:
- a base assembly including a base member being adapted to be securely attached to a floor of a vehicle, and also including a shoe support member being securely fastened with fasteners to said base member;
- a shoe member being adapted to cover an accelerator pedal of the vehicle and being adapted to lockingly mount to said base assembly for preventing unauthorized use of the accelerator pedal;
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- a locking member for locking said shoe member to said base assembly;
- wherein said base member is a plate having a top side and a bottom side with holes being disposed through said top and bottom sides thereof;
- wherein said shoe support member includes elongate side members being spaced apart and being interconnected with a cross member which is securely attached at first ends of said elongate side members and which has a top side and a bottom side with a hole being disposed through said top and bottom sides thereof;
- wherein each of said elongate side members includes longitudinal grooves being disposed in outer and inner sides and extending a length thereof, and also includes a top side and a bottom side with a hole being disposed through said top and bottom sides, and further includes a flange being disposed upon said top side at a second end thereof.
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A vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock comprising:
- a base assembly including a base member being adapted to be securely attached to a floor of a vehicle, and also including a shoe support member being securely fastened with fasteners to said base member, said base member being a plate having a top side and a bottom side with holes being disposed through said top and bottom sides thereof, said shoe support member including elongate side members being spaced apart and being interconnected with a cross member which is securely attached at first ends of said elongate side members and which has a top side and a bottom side with a hole being disposed through said top and bottom sides thereof, each of said elongate side members including longitudinal grooves being disposed in outer and inner sides and extending a length thereof, and also including a top side and a bottom side with a hole being disposed through said top and bottom sides, and further including a flange being disposed upon said top side at a second end thereof, each of said elongate side members having a tapered first end portion;
- a shoe member being adapted to cover an accelerator pedal of the vehicle and being adapted to lockingly mount to said base assembly for preventing unauthorized use of the accelerator pedal, said shoe member including a base portion and an upstanding wall being integrally attached to said base portion and having a main portion and longitudinal side portions which are angled relative to said main portion thus forming a U-shape as viewed from a top thereof, said upstanding wall being adapted to receive the accelerator pedal between said longitudinal side portions thereof, said base portion having a toe portion and a heel portion, and also having a pair of channels being spaced apart and extending through said heel portion and into said toe portion, each of said channels being defined by a top wall and side walls, said base portion further having elongate flanges being disposed in said channels and being securely attached to interiors of said side walls of said channels, said flanges being spaced from said top walls of said channels and extending a length of said channels thus forming tracks upon which said elongate side members of said shoe support member are received, said base portion of said shoe member also including a recessed portion extending in a side wall thereof, and also including an opening extending through said recessed portion into one of said channels;
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- a locking member for locking said shoe member to said base assembly, said locking member including a cylindrical housing being removably disposed in said opening of said base portion, and also including a bolt member being lockingly extendable from said cylindrical housing and into said channel for locking said shoe member to said shoe support member, said cylindrical housing having a key-receiving port being disposed in an end thereof for moving said bolt member.
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