Patent ID: 7108302

Claim:
A vehicle, comprising: a door having a sill portion; an anti-theft sill knob and cable assembly for the vehicle, said assembly comprising: a tubular sheath for protectively surrounding a cable; a housing attached to an upper end of said sheath for slidably retaining a sill knob therein, said housing being operatively attached to said sill portion and comprising a knob guide having a hollow chamber formed therein and comprising a floor portion with a hole formed therethrough, said knob guide having at least one wall attached to and extending away from said floor portion and cooperating with said floor portion to define said hollow chamber, said housing adapted to be fixedly and non-adjustably installed in a vehicle door; a sill knob disposed within said knob guide for supporting a lock button thereon, said sill knob comprising a main body and a stud attached to said main body, said main body having a base portion, and being movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein said main body is wider than said stud; a cable slidably disposed within said sheath and having an upper end attached to said base portion of said sill knob for concurrent movement therewith, said cable extending through the hole in the floor portion of said knob guide; and a connector attached to a lower end of said cable opposite said sill knob; wherein said housing and said sill knob are respectively configured so that said sill knob is retained above the floor portion of said knob guide; and wherein said housing further comprises a shield attached to and extending upwardly from an upper portion of said knob guide for protectively shielding said sill knob and for resisting unauthorized access thereto; wherein the shield is configured to limit access to the sill knob when the sill knob is in the locked position thereof.