Patent ID: 6588239
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: B60D,Y10T

Abstract:
A multipurpose locking device designed to prevent thefts of trailers, heavy tows and so called dollies, i.e., having coupling elements with a pull rod and a turntable, designed to tow a trailer by means of a truck, all of which being provided with coupling devices, designed to connect them to a traction vehicle, characterized in that the locking device comprises a box-shaped lock house (1) in which the coupling device on the tow, the trailer or the dolly is designed to be positioned and locked by means of a locking shaft (4), said lock house having a plurality of positions for receiving said locking shaft through the lock house (1) at one of said plurality of positions, depending on the nature of the coupling device to be locked and consequently that the coupling device is enclosed in the lock house (1), which prevents the tow, the trailer or the dolly from being connected to any unauthorized traction vehicle.