Locks – Special application – For portable articles
Patent
1991-08-22
1993-02-09
Luebke, Renee S.
Locks
Special application
For portable articles
296 3712, 312 71, 3123197, 70 57, 70258, A47B 8106, E05B 7300
Patent
active
051844893
ABSTRACT:
An anti-theft mounting for radios, stereos and similar audio equipment used in motor vehicles has several features to discourage and possibly prevent the theft of the equipment. The audio equipment is mounted within an opening in a dash of a motor vehicle. The equipment is partially mounted within a housing which moves forward so that a front of the equipment extends out of the opening when the equipment is desired to be used and moves rearward when the equipment is not desired to be used. When the equipment is in the rearward rest position, a door closes the opening. When the equipment is desired to be operated, the door opens and the equipment protrudes at least partially from the opening for easy access. The opening is sized so that the audio equipment will fit snugly within the opening but the housing will not. The mounting has control means connected to an ignition of the motor vehicle so that when the motor vehicle is operating, the equipment will be in the forward operating position. Similarly, when the motor vehicle is not operating, the equipment will automatically return to the rearward rest position. When the door is closed, it will be locked. When a person legitimately desires to remove the equipment, this can be accomplished easily with special tools. Previous anti-theft devices for radios and the like do not provide sufficient protection for the radio or do not provide appropriate access to the radio when it is desired to be used.
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Squires Carlton G.
Squires Leslie A.
Baucher D.
Luebke Renee S.
Schnurr Daryl W.
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