Patent ID: 7414519

Claim:
A theft prevention apparatus of a leisure vehicle that is configured to enable the leisure vehicle to be steered when a user identification code transmitted by radio matches a correct user identification code, the apparatus comprising: a portable device configured to transmit the user identification code by radio; a communication device that is equipped in the leisure vehicle and is configured to receive the user identification code transmitted from the portable device, with electric power being supplied to the communication device; an electric power, supply loaded in the leisure vehicle; a controller including a memory configured to store the correct user identification code, the controller being coupled to the communication device through a signal line and to the electric power supply through a power line and being configured to determine whether or not the user identification code received from the communication device through the signal line matches the correct user identification code stored in the memory and to enable the leisure vehicle to be steered when it is determined that the received user identification code matches the correct user identification code; a hand-operated switch that is disposed on the power line coupling the electric power supply to the controller and is configured to be turned to an on-state or an off-state to control whether the electric power is supplied from the electric power supply to the controller; and wherein the controller is operated when the hand-operated switch is turned to the on-state.