Patent ID: 7677068

Claim:
A vehicle air brake plunger securing device, comprising: a collar; and a spring plunger; wherein said vehicle air brake plunger securing device attaches to a shaft of an air brake plunger; wherein said collar is a single unitary C-shaped piece with an outer collar surface and an inner collar surface; wherein said collar has an open end; wherein said open end is located at a connection between said inner collar surface and said outer collar surface; wherein said air brake plunger has an engaged position and a disengaged position; wherein said air brake plunger is further comprised of a base and a knob; wherein said knob is pulled outward to place said air brake plunger in said engaged position; wherein said open end of said collar matingly fits around a shaft of an engaged air brake plunger, wherein said inner surface of said collar substantially circumscribes said shaft of said engaged air brake plunger, wherein said collar fits between a bottom portion of said knob of said engaged air brake plunger and said base of said engaged air brake plunger without entombing said knob of said air brake plunger, and wherein said collar prevents said air brake plunger from disengaging wherein said spring plunger is comprised of a plunger tip and a plunger base; wherein said spring plunger is substantially in an interior of said collar; wherein said plunger tip extends into said open end, wherein said plunger tip is essentially perpendicular to said inner surface, and wherein said plunger tip prevents said collar from being inadvertently removed from said shaft of said air brake plunger; and wherein said plunger tip is retractable and allows said shaft of said air brake plunger to slip by when said vehicle air brake plunger securing device is purposefully attached or detached from said shaft of said air brake plunger.