Patent ID: 6938734

Claim:
A portable wheel lock for securing vehicle wheels, said wheel lock comprising: a rigid, generally flat chock adapted to be disposed upon a supporting surface for supporting a wheel to be locked, the chock having a longitudinal axis, a pair of spaced-apart sides, and a front and rear; elongated, parallel guide slots defined in said chock sides; an elongated, axle transversely extending between said chock sides, said axle slidably confined within said guide slots and having a pair of ends; a pair of arms for restraining and captivating said wheel to be locked, each arm pivotally coupled to an axle end; wherein during deployment said arms are free to rotate in a first plane that is coplanar with both arms and the axle, and said arms can be moved generally towards said chock front and rear as said axle slides within said guide slots; and, locking links projecting from each arm that lock together substantially perpendicularly relative to said longitudinal axis once the stubs are properly placed about said wheel and the wheel lock is deployed.