Method and device for securing an electronic instrument to a bracket
OwnerDon Frantzinventor
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Abstract
A method and device helps to prevent theft of sonar devices and GPS units from the brackets they are normally installed on or mounted to. The present invention provides for a unique locking device having a threaded end. The locking device is capable of alternatively permitting and prohibiting rotation of the threaded end. When a key is turned to lock the device, the handle of the device is permitted to rotate freely and the device does not permit rotation and removal of the threaded end. The device also provides for a hardened spacer that directly abuts the handle such that it prevents a thief from getting access to, and thus cutting the threaded end of the locking device.
Claims17
A locking device for securing items having a threaded aperture to a bracket having a aperture comprising:
- a lock, the lock having a handle and a threaded rod end, the lock being insertable into the aperture of the bracket and threaded into the item having the threaded aperture, said lock, when locked permitting free rotation of the handle without removing the threaded rod end and when unlocked permitting the locking device to be unthreaded;
- a bushing on the threaded rod end between the lock and the bracket;
- a spacer on the threaded rod end between the lock and the bracket;
- and
- a rubber washer between the spacer and the bracket.
A locking device for securing items having a threaded aperture to a bracket having a aperture comprising:
- a lock, the lock having a handle and a threaded rod end, the lock being insertable into the aperture of the bracket and threaded into the item having the threaded aperture, said lock, when locked permitting free rotation of the handle without removing the threaded rod end and when unlocked permitting the locking device to be unthreaded;
- a bushing on the threaded rod end between the lock and the bracket;
- a cylindrical spacer having an aperture, said aperture having a inner diameter larger than the bushing between the lock and the bracket;
- and
- a rubber washer between the spacer and the bracket.
A method for securing a locking device having a threaded rod end and a handle to a bracket, the locking device permitting free rotation of the handle with respect to the stationary threaded rod end when locked and permitting removal or adjustment of the threaded rod end when unlocked comprising the steps of:
- placing a bushing over the threaded rod end;
- placing a spacer over the threaded rod end;
- and
- placing a rubber washer between the spacer and the bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.