Motor vehicles – Surface effect vehicles
Patent
1976-06-14
1978-07-11
Silverstrim, John P.
Motor vehicles
Surface effect vehicles
70160, 70163, 70241, 109 59R, 200 617, 200 618, B60R 2500
Patent
active
040995933
ABSTRACT:
The vehicle locking apparatus is used in a vehicle having a motor compartment, a motor therein, a hood for the compartment and a starting system for the motor. A safe compartment is positioned within the passenger compartment, and includes a lockable door. A switch within the safe disconnects the starting system from the motor when the door is closed. A hood lock has an actuator within the safe which is positioned to lock the hood when the door is closed. The safe compartment has an outer shell of heavy gauge metal interconnected with an inner shell of heavy gauge metal. The door is locked by a locking cam which is received in a slot on the inner shell and a slot on an inwardly extending projection of the door. When the door is closed the motor cannot be started and the hood is locked. The slots provide a double locking action making it difficult to force the door open when the safe compartment is locked.
Additionally, the door may include an inwardly extending projection with a slot therein to receive the locking cam. The locking cam may, thus, provide a double locking action for the door.
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Silverstrim John P.
Smyth George F.
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