Patent ID: 7284641
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
1. A wheel lock assembly for extending between a pair of adjacent wheels, said assembly comprising: a plate having an upper edge and a lower edge; a lower housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, a first lateral side and a second lateral side, said lower edge of said plate extending through said top wall and being fixedly attached to said bottom wall, said bottom wall having a length from said first lateral side to said second lateral side being longer than a length of said top wall, each of said first and second lateral sides being concavely arcuate from said bottom wall to said top wall; an upper housing having an upper wall, a lower wall, a forward wall, a rearward wall, a first lateral side and a second lateral side, said plate extending through said upper and lower walls and said upper housing being selectively positionable on said plate, said forward wall being substantially coplanar with said front wall, said lower wall having a length from said first outer side to said second outer side being less than a length of said upper wall, each of said first and second outer sides being concavely arcuate from said lower wall to said upper wall, said lower housing having a break therein so that a first section including said first lateral side and a second section including said second lateral side are defined, said first section being selectively extendable into said second section and a distance between said first and second lateral sides selectively alterable, said upper housing having a break therein such that a first portion including said first outer side and a second portion including said second outer side are defined, said second portion being selectively extendable into said first portion and a distance between said first and second outer sides selectively alterable; wherein said upper and lower housings may be positioned between and abutted against each of a pair of tires; a first panel being attached to said front wall of said lower housing, said first panel extending away from said lower housing and positioned in a plane orientated parallel to a plane of said front wall; a second panel being attached to said rearward wall of said upper housing, said second panel extending away from said upper housing and positioned in a plane orientated parallel to a plane of said rearward wall, said first and second panels extending outwardly in opposite directions with respect to each other; and said first and second panels defining abutting members being positionable on opposite faces of the adjacent wheels, said back wall of said lower housing and said forward wall of said upper housing each lacking an abutting member.