Column security device
OwnerRobert A. Vitoinventor
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Abstract
An anti-theft device for securing a steering wheel of a vehicle. The anti-theft device includes at least one bracing member adapted to be positioned over a portion of a steering column and over a portion of the steering wheel. A column engaging member is detachably engageable with the bracing member to, in combination with the bracing member, form a linkage adapted to substantially surround the steering column in an installed configuration. A locking mechanism is adapted to detachably lock the anti-theft device in the installed configuration.
Claims23
An anti-theft device for securing a steering wheel of a vehicle, the steering wheel being rotatably mounted on a steering column, the steering wheel having a hub and a front side, facing generally away from the steering column, the anti-theft device comprising:
- at least one bracing member adapted to be positioned over a portion of the steering column and over a portion of the steering wheel, the at least one bracing member including first and second plates, the first plate being adapted to cover the portion of the steering column and a first portion of the hub, the second plate being located along the first plate and being adapted to cover a second portion of the hub along the front side of the steering wheel;
- a column engaging member removably slidably positionable over the steering column, the column engaging member being detachably engageable with the first plate to, in combination with the first plate, form a linkage adapted to substantially surround the steering column in an installed configuration;
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- a locking mechanism adapted to detachably lock the anti-theft device in the installed configuration.
An anti-theft device for securing a steering wheel of a vehicle, the steering wheel being rotatably mounted on a steering column, the steering wheel having a hub and a front side, facing generally away from the steering column, the anti-theft device comprising:
- at least one bracing member adapted to be positioned over a portion of the steering column and over a portion of the steering wheel the at least one bracing member including first and second pluralities of frame members, the first plurality of frame members including a set of generally parallel tubes with at least one transverse tube connecting the first set of generally parallel tubes which are adapted to cover the portion of the steering column and a first portion of the hub, the set of generally parallel tubes each having an end positioned proximate to the first portion of the hub, the second plurality of frame members being positioned end-to-end to form a single hub linkage, the single hub linkage having two linkage ends each located on a separate one of the ends of the set of parallel tubes, the single hub linkage being positionable to cover a second portion of the hub along the front side of the steering wheel;
- column engaging member detachably engageable with the first set of generally parallel tubes to, in combination with the first plurality of frame members, form a linkage adapted to substantially surround the steering column in an installed configuration;
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- a locking mechanism adapted to detachably lock the anti-theft device in the installed configuration.
A combination anti-theft device and steering wheel of a vehicle, the steering wheel being rotatably mounted on a steering column, the anti-theft device being adapted to detachably secure the steering wheel, the steering wheel having a hub and a front side, facing generally away from the steering column, the combination comprising:
- the steering wheel and the steering column;
- at least one bracing member detachably positioned over a portion of the steering column and over a portion of the steering wheel, the at least one bracing member including first and second plates, the first plate being positionable to cover the portion of the steering column and a first portion of the hub, the second plate being located along the first plate and being positionable to cover a second portion of the hub along the front side of the steering wheel;
- a column engaging member removably slidably positionable over the steering column, the column engaging member being detachably engageable with the first plate to, in combination with the first plate, form a linkage adapted to substantially surround the steering column in an installed configuration;
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- a locking mechanism adapted to detachably lock the anti-theft device in the installed configuration.
A combination anti-theft device and steering wheel of a vehicle, the steering wheel being rotatably mounted on a steering column, the anti-theft device being adapted to secure the steering wheel the steering wheel having a hub and a front side, facing generally away from the steering column, the combination comprising:
- the steering wheel and the steering column;
- at least one bracing member positionable over a portion of the steering column and over a portion of the steering wheel, the at least one bracing member including first and second pluralities of frame members, the first plurality of frame members including a set of generally parallel tubes with at least one transverse tube connecting the first set of generally parallel tubes which are positionable to cover the portion of the steering column and a first portion of the hub, the set of generally parallel tubes each having an end positioned proximate to the first portion of the hub, the second plurality of frame members being positioned end-to-end to form a single hub linkage, the single hub linkage having two linkage ends each located on a separate one of the ends of the set of parallel tubes, the single hub linkage being positionable to cover a second portion of the hub along the front side of the steering wheel;
- a column engaging member detachably engageable with the first set of generally parallel tubes to, in combination with the first plurality of frame members, form a linkage adapted to substantially surround the steering column in an installed configuration;
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- a locking mechanism adapted to detachably lock the anti-theft device in the installed configuration.
An anti-theft device for securing a steering wheel of a vehicle, the steering wheel being rotatably mounted on a steering column, the steering wheel having a hub and a front side, facing generally away from the steering column, the anti-theft device comprising:
- at least one bracing member adapted to be positioned over a portion of the steering column and over a portion of the steering wheel the at least one bracing member including first and second plates, the first plate being adapted to cover the portion of the steering column and a first portion of the hub, the first plate detaining a first generally planar two dimensional array of potential contact points for the portion of the steering column and the first portion of the hub, the second plate being located along he first plate and being adapted to cover a second portion of the hub along the front side of the steering wheel the second plate defining a second generally planar two dimensional array of potential contact points for the second portion of the hub;
- a column engaging member detachably engageable with the first plate to, in combination with the first plate, form a linkage adapted to substantially surround the steering column in an installed configuration;
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- a locking mechanism adapted to detachably lock the anti-theft device in the installed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.