Locks – Special application – For control and machine elements
Patent
1987-02-17
1988-04-19
Moore, Richard E.
Locks
Special application
For control and machine elements
B60R 2502
Patent
active
047381272
ABSTRACT:
An antitheft device for attachment to a steering wheel of an automobile comprising an elongated body member having a passage extending along an axis therethrough, first hook means secured to the body member for engagement with a portion of the steering wheel wherein the first hook means engage the wheel from the inside thereof with the body member extending outward beyond the periphery of the steering wheel, an elongated rod member adapted to move in telescopic fashion in the passageway of the body member along the axis, second hook means secured to the rod member for engaging the inside portion of the steering wheel diametrically opposed to the first hook means, and means associated with the body member engaging the rod within the passage for locking the rod member stationary with respect to the body member at any of a plurality of positions.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1364539 (1921-01-01), Baker
patent: 1448658 (1923-03-01), Furber
patent: 3245239 (1966-04-01), Zaidener
patent: 3664164 (1972-05-01), Zaidener
Advertisement from Daily News Classified 6/28/1984, Royce Union "Anti-Theft Steering Wheel & Brake Pedal Lok", #A23105.
Royce Union Security Products #A23105 and A23204, no date shown.
J. C. Whitney & Co. catalog .COPYRGT.1982, catalog 430B, p. 83, "Heavy-Duty Steering Wheel & Brake Lock" 81-0336P, 1983.
Allison catalog p. 70, Anti-Theft Devices: "Crook Hook", 1983, #8370.
Moore Richard E.
Winner James E.
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