Anti-theft device including lockbox for motor vehicle pedals

Details Anti-theft device including lockbox for motor vehicle pedals Anti-theft device including lockbox for motor vehicle pedals

1999-04-14

2000-07-11

Gall, Lyoyd A.

Locks

Special application

For control and machine elements

70172, 70237, B60R 2500

Patent

active

060855592

ABSTRACT:
An anti-theft locking device for the accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle has rigid flat upper and lower plates, a rectangular lockbox open at both a front end and a front portion of its top and having a first pair of opposing inside ledges to receive the lower plate, and a shorter handled box that can fit into the lockbox and is open at a rear end but has a front end wall that includes an opening for the pedal arm. The handled box has a second pair of opposing inside ledges to receive the upper plate. After the plates are inserted into the lockbox and the handled box, the device is positioned around the pedal with the pedal spaced between the lower and upper plates and the pedal arm extending out of the front end of the lockbox. The handled box, perched above the lockbox in an open position, is then lowered into a closed position until the upper plate presses against the top of the pedal and the handled box is subsumed within the lockbox. The pedal is then wedged between the upper and lower plates and the front end wall blocks the pedal's escape from the device. The handled box is kept in closed position subsumed within the lockbox by a crossbar traversing the ceiling of the handled box. The open ends of the crossbar fit into apertures in opposite walls of the lockbox and the crossbar is further lockable by a simple key lock.

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