Patent ID: 7412859

Claim:
A device for immobilising a motor vehicle having a foot actuated brake pedal, said pedal being affixed at the end of a pedal arm, said device comprising: an elongate body portion having at or near one end thereof a pedal capturing portion for hooking around the brake pedal, said pedal capturing portion having an open-ended slot extending into a side edge thereof through which the pedal arm passes; a rigid strut slidably extendible from the body portion to beyond the pedal capturing portion to contact the floor or firewall of the motor vehicle while the pedal is in its undepressed position; and means for locking the strut in its extended position in contact with the floor or firewall of the motor vehicle to thereby prevent depression of the brake pedal and release of the pedal from the capturing portion, wherein the rigid strut is slidably extendible from the body portion to beyond the pedal capturing portion and through the open end of said slot.