Patent ID: 6749362
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: E01F,Y10T

Abstract:
A motor vehicle immobilizer to surround and damage a tire of a stationary motor vehicle should the operator of the vehicle attempt to drive away, said motor vehicle immobilizer comprising:a frontal member to be moved adjacent to the outside of the tire to be surrounded; a first spike support connected to and projecting outwardly from one end of said frontal member to be located adjacent the front of the tire to be surrounded; a second spike support connected to and projecting outwardly from the opposite end of said frontal member to be located adjacent the rear of the tire to be surrounded; a first set of spikes carried by said first spike support and aimed at the front of the tire to be surrounded so as to puncture and deflate the tire in the event that the motor vehicle drives off in a forward direction; a second set of spikes carried by said second spike support and aimed at the rear of the tire to be surrounded so as to puncture and deflate the tire in the event that the motor vehicle drives off in a reverse direction; and a pair of fold-up braces carrying respective ones of said first and second supports, said pair of hold-up braces being pivotally connected to opposite ends of said frontal member so as to be rotatable from an unfolded configuration lying against the roadway in axial alignment with one another to a folded configuration above the roadway in parallel alignment with one another.