US 6,604,776 B2Granted

Vehicle theft prevention system

OwnerRichard A. Edwardsinventor

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Abstract

A vehicle theft prevention system effectively secures the contents and/or occupants of a parked vehicle. The system includes protective cover plates for the vehicle windows and locks, with either or both sets of cover plates being remotely actuated by a central control system. The side window covers are mounted within the vehicle doors and/or rear side panels and move parallel to the adjacent glass window panes, with front and rear covers being retractable into the vehicle roof. A lift assembly extends and retract the coverings. The same motor may operate to move both the window coverings and adjacent glass window panes, or separate mechanisms may be provided. The keyhole shield or lock cover prevents an intruder from picking or breaking the locks of the vehicle. Electric motors extend and retract the lock cover plates between a lock concealing position and a lock access position.

Claims7

Dependent claims

In a motor vehicle having an interior, at least one hollow side panel with a window opening therein, at least one side window, a front windshield having an exterior surface, a rear backlight having an exterior surface, a roof, and at least one exterior lock, a vehicle theft prevention system, comprising:

at least one selectively extendible, opaque protective panel for precluding access to the interior of the vehicle, said at least one selectively extendible protective panel being disposed within the at least one hollow side panel and exteriorly of the at least one side window of the vehicle;
at least one selectively extendible exterior lock protective plate for precluding access to the at least one exterior lock of the vehicle by unauthorized persons;
a front windshield opaque protective panel and a rear backlight opaque protective panel, each selectively extendible from within the roof of the vehicle to cover the exterior surfaces of said front windshield and said rear backlight;
means for selectively and reversibly extending said at least one protective panel from the at least one side panel, for selectively covering the window opening of the at least one side panel of the vehicle;
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means for selectively extending said front windshield protective panel and said rear backlight protective panel from the roof of the vehicle, for selectively covering the respective exterior surfaces of said front windshield and said rear backlight of the vehicle.

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Facts

Application: 09/847,437Filed 3 May 2001 · us provisional application
Priority: 1 Aug 2000
Published: US 2002/0017802 A114 Feb 2002
Granted: 12 Aug 2003
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Classification4 codes

B60R 25/016
Operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens: comprising means for shuttering the windscreen or part thereof
Y10T 70/8649
For key-operated mechanism: keyhole covers
B60R
Vehicle fittings and parts
Y10T
Technical subjects covered by former us classification