Patent ID: 6178787
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: B60T,B62H,B62J,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A motorcycle wheel disk lock reminder system for use on a motorcycle having at least one ground engaging wheel, a brake disc, and an ignition keyhole for receiving therein an ignition key for actuating said motorcycle, the system comprising:a disk lock being adapted for attachment to a wheel of a motorcycle to inhibit free rotation of said wheel of said motorcycle by unauthorized riders, said disk lock having a locking channel for receiving the brake disk therein and a key actuated lock with a lock bolt retractably extending across said locking channel for releasably attaching said disk lock to said wheel of said motorcycle;said disk lock having a slot therein;a reminder unit having inner and outer faces;said inner face of said reminder unit having an outwardly extending insertion tab;said insertion tab of said reminder unit being removably inserted into said slot of said disk lock;said insertion tab of said reminder unit being insertable into an ignition keyhole of the motorcycle subsequent removal of said insertion tab from said slot of said disk lock to prevent insertion of an ignition key into the ignition keyhole of the motorcycle without prior removal therefrom of said insertion tab of said reminder unit;said inner face of said reminder unit comprising a magnetic material for magnetically attaching said inner face to said ignition keyhole of said motorcycle and said slot of said disk lock when said insertion tab is inserted into said ignition keyhole and said slot respectively;said reminder unit having a side tab outwardly extending from an outer perimeter of said inner face of said reminder unit, said side tab generally lying in a common plane with said inner face of said reminder unit; andsaid side tab of said reminder unit having a hole therethrough adapted for extending a flexible elongate element therethrough to permit attachment of said reminder unit to an object with said flexible elongate element.