Locks – Special application – For control and machine elements
Patent
1998-12-31
1999-12-21
Gall, Lloyd A.
Locks
Special application
For control and machine elements
70247, B60R 2506
Patent
active
060033509
ABSTRACT:
A lock for an automatic transmission of a vehicle having a center console with a pair of side walls and a floor mounted gear shift selector lever. The lock includes a fixed portion, a movable portion, and locking apparatus. The fixed portion replaceably attaches to the center console of the vehicle. The movable portion is movably mounted to the fixed portion and selectively engages the floor mounted gear shift selector lever of the vehicle. The locking apparatus is disposed on the fixed portion and selectively prevents movement of the movable portion. The key lock of the locking apparatus, by use of a key, locking engages a plurality of notches in a first member of the movable portion and prevents movement of the movable portion relative to the fixed portion when the fixed portion is engaged with the center console of the vehicle, the floor mounted gear shift selector lever of the vehicle is in park, and the moveable portion is extended from the fixed portion until a pair of prongs of a fork of the movable portion engage the floor mounted gear shift selector lever of the vehicle therebetween and prevent movement thereof.
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Gall Lloyd A.
Miller Richard L.
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