Patent ID: 6230527
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
An anti-theft device for a vehicle having a plurality of control components each independently displaceable relative to the vehicle and the displacement of each control component being necessary for driving the vehicle, said device comprising a bar member having an axis and a plurality of longitudinally adjacent ratchet teeth along a portion thereof, a tubular member telescopically receiving said bar member, a lock housing on said tubular member having a passage through which said bar member extends and a bore opening into said passage, a pawl in said bore, a spring biasing, said pawl into engagement with said ratchet teeth, said pawl and said teeth being configured to allow said bar member to ratchet outwardly relative to said tubular member from a dismounted to a mounted condition relative to one of said control components while preventing said bar member from moving inwardly of said tubular member, a key actuated lock in said housing for retracting said pawl out of passage against the bias of said spring to permit said bar member to freely move inwardly and outwardly of said tubular member, and said tubular member and said bar member in said mounted condition including means for inhibiting the displacement of the one control component necessary for driving the vehicle.