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US 6,439,012 B1Granted
Non-skid dual leg automobile pedal locking device
OwnerDennis Quiang Cheninventor
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Abstract
The invention is a non-slip, dual leg pedal lock for securing one or more pedals and pedal arms of an automobile to prevent the theft of the automobile, the pedal lock a pair of dual leg shaft components, a locking slide bar component, a pedal engaging component and a keyed lock which engages both of the dual leg shaft components for double security locking the pedal to the floor of an automobile in a non-slip attachment to the vehicle floor.
Claims6
A non-slip, dual leg pedal lock for securing a pedal and a pedal arm of an automobile to prevent theft, the pedal lock comprising:
- a. a dual leg shaft component having a pair of parallel metal shafts, each of the metal shaft having a top portion, a middle portion including a plurality of grooved indentations, and a bottom portion, a handle bar connecting the top portion of each of the metal shaft;
- b. a pair of foot plates having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface attached to the bottom portion of each of the metal shaft and the lower surface provided with a non-slip means;
- c. a locking slide bar component comprising a pair of hollow cylindrical tubes connected by a yoke containing a shaft locking means, the locking slide bar component having an upper portion and a lower portion, the hollow cylindrical tubes slidably engaging the two metal shafts;
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- d. a pedal engaging component attached to the lower portion of the locking slide bar component, the pedal engaging component including an upper plate having anchor wings attaching to the lower portion of the locking slide bar component, opposing leg slots and a front edge, an end plate perpendicularly descending from the front edge of the upper plate, and a lower plate having a pedal arm slot, the lower plate bending perpendicularly inward from the end plate, parallel and below the upper plate, with the metal shafts passing through the leg slots of the upper plate, wherein the pedal engaging component is affixed to the pedal and the pedal arm of the automobile, the locking slide bar component is pulled towards the handle bar, and the shaft locking means within the yoke of the locking slide bar component engages the plurality of grooved indentations in the metal shafts, locking the locking slide bar component to the dual leg shaft component preventing upward, downward or sideways movement of the invention affixed to the pedal and pedal arm.
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