Patent ID: 7339473
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A trailer security device, wherein the trailer comprises a moveable gate configured for opening and closing, the device comprising: a housing having a plurality of side walls, wherein one of the side walls is a rear wall configured for mounting to an interior surface of a wall of the trailer, wherein another of the side walls is a facing wall facing an interior surface of the gate when the gate is closed, wherein the facing side wall comprises an aperture configured to receive a protruding member attached to the gate at an angle sufficient to allow the protruding member to extend through the aperture when the gate is closed, wherein the protruding member comprises a catch portion having an aperture; an actuator mounted within the housing; and a bolt having a distal end coupled to the actuator and a proximate end configured to enter the aperture of the catch portion when the gate is closed, wherein activation of the of the actuator causes the bolt to enter the aperture of the catch portion to engage the protruding member when the gate is closed, thereby preventing extraction of the protruding member from the structural housing, and wherein preventing extraction of the protruding member from the housing prevents opening of the gate.