Patent ID: 7758073

Claim:
An improved lockable vehicle steering-wheel tilting assembly that functions in combination with a non-locking vehicle steering wheel tilting assembly comprising: a) an inward structure having an attachment plate to which is attached a vehicle steering column, b) an outward structure having an attachment plate to which is attached a vehicle steering wheel, wherein the outward structure is pivotally attached to the inward structure, c) means for pivoting and placing the outward structure in a substantially vertical-parallel alignment with the inward structure, which places the assembly in a driving configuration, d) means for pivoting and displacing the outward structure from the inward structure by a substantially 90-degree rotation which places the assembly in a driver-exit configuration, wherein the improvement to the non-locking vehicle steering wheel tilting assembly comprises: (1) a removable locking insert that is configured to interface with the inward structure when the outward structure is displaced from the inward structure, (2) means for attaching the locking insert to the inward structure, and (3) means for securing the locking insert, wherein the locking insert prevents the outward structure from pivoting downward into the driving configuration, thereby preventing the vehicle from being safely steered.