Locks – Special application – For control and machine elements
Reexamination Certificate
2000-11-22
2002-06-04
Barrett, Suzanne Dino (Department: 3627)
Locks
Special application
For control and machine elements
C070S201000, C070S237000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06397645
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an accelerator lock and more particularly pertains to a new vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock for preventing the accelerator pedal of a vehicle from being depressed by a person attempting to steal the vehicle.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of an accelerator lock is known in the prior art. More specifically, an accelerator lock heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 1,444,379; U.S. Pat. No. 5,359,868; U.S. Pat. No. 1,385,479; U.S. Pat. No. 4,876,865; U.S. Pat. No. 5,181,404; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 312,200.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock. The inventive device includes a base assembly including a base member being adapted to be securely attached to a floor of a vehicle, and also including a shoe support member being securely fastened with fasteners to the base member; and further includes a shoe member being adapted to cover an accelerator pedal of the vehicle and being adapted to lockingly mount to the base assembly for preventing unauthorized use of the accelerator pedal; and also includes a locking member for locking the shoe member to the base assembly.
In these respects, the vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of preventing the accelerator pedal of a vehicle from being depressed by a person attempting to steal the vehicle.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of accelerator lock now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock construction wherein the same can be utilized for preventing the accelerator pedal of a vehicle from being depressed by a person attempting to steal the vehicle.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock which has many of the advantages of the accelerator lock mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art accelerator lock, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a base assembly including a base member being adapted to be securely attached to a floor of a vehicle, and also including a shoe support member being securely fastened with fasteners to the base member; and further includes a shoe member being adapted to cover an accelerator pedal of the vehicle and being adapted to lockingly mount to the base assembly for preventing unauthorized use of the accelerator pedal; and also includes a locking member for locking the shoe member to the base assembly.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter-and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock which has many of the advantages of the accelerator lock mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art accelerator lock, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock for preventing the accelerator pedal of a vehicle from being depressed by a person attempting to steal the vehicle.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock which includes a base assembly including a base member being adapted to be securely attached to a floor of a vehicle, and also including a shoe support member being securely fastened with fasteners to the base member; and further includes a shoe member being adapted to cover an accelerator pedal of the vehicle and being adapted to lockingly mount to the base assembly for preventing unauthorized use of the accelerator pedal; and also includes a locking member for locking the shoe member to the base assembly.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock that is easy and convenient to install and use.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new vehicle anti-theft accelerator lock that makes it impossible for the thief to tamper with a vehicle.
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