Locks – Special application – For control and machine elements
Patent
1990-11-09
1991-08-20
Gall, Lloyd A.
Locks
Special application
For control and machine elements
70226, B60R 2502
Patent
active
050403885
ABSTRACT:
An antitheft device for attachment to a steering wheel of an automobile comprising an elongated body member having a passageway extending axially therein. A first hook is secured to the body member for engagement with a portion of the steering wheel. The first hook engages the wheel from the inside of the rim, with the body member extending outward beyond the periphery of the steering wheel. An elongated tubular member adapted to move in telescopic fashion within the passageway of the body member, along it axis, includes a second hook, secured thereto, for engaging the inside portion of the steering wheel at a point diametrically opposed to the first hook. A rod membr, adapted to move in telescopic fashion within the tubular member, is provided for preventing the steering wheel from complete rotation. A locking assembly, associated with the body member, is provided for engaging the tubular member and rod member within the passageway formed in the body member, whereby the tubular member and the rod member can be extended with respect to the body member and locked at any one of a plurality of positions.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4738127 (1988-04-01), Johnson
patent: 4887443 (1989-12-01), Wang
patent: 4935047 (1990-06-01), Wu
All Ship Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Gall Lloyd A.
Klein David I.
Rosenberg Morton J.
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