Patent ID: 7428833

Claim:
A vehicle mountable personal property lock assembly comprising: a housing defined in part by a plurality of walls; a coupler comprising a seating surface seated in abutted disposition against a given wall of the plurality, the coupler further comprising a mounting mechanism operable to mount to a portion of a vehicle; a fastener removably securing the coupler to the housing with the seating surface of the coupler against the given wall; the mounting mechanism of the coupler operable together with the portion of the vehicle, when mounted thereto, to block user access to the fastener; a reel axially secured to at least one of the plurality walls for operable rotation within the interior of the housing; a cable having first and second ends, wherein the first end of the cable is secured to the reel and the reel is operable by rotation to enable winding/unwinding of a length of the cable; and a sidewall of the plurality of walls for the housing defining a cable exit orifice, the cable passably threaded through the cable exit orifice; in which the second end of the cable comprises a cable retention knob having an external surface that defines a shaft; a cable receiving mechanism disposed on an external wall of the plurality for the housing, the cable receiving mechanism configured to enable an operator to removably lock thereto the second end of the cable opposite the first end; and the cable retention knob further comprises a butt-end joining the cable with an angled flare-out to seat with non-binding engagement within a tapered opening defined by the cable exit orifice.