Appeal No. 96-4017
Application 08/217,544
APPENDED CLAIM
1. An antitheft device for attachment to a vehicle
steering wheel comprising;
an elongated body member having an inner end portion
and an outer end portion extending along a common control axis,
and provided with: a passageway in the inner [end] portion; a
lock housing fixed upright on the inner end portion and having
an interior chamber communicating with said passageway; a first
generally “U”-shaped hook having opposite leg portions, the leg
portions having ends forming an opening therebetween for hooking
a portion of a steering wheel whereby the inner end portion is
attached to one leg portion and the outer end portion is attached
to the opposite leg portion such that the opening extends
obliquely to the elongated body member;
a lock fixed in said lock housing and having a round
solid pusher to extend out of an upper end of the lock, a key
hole formed in said pusher to rotate it 90 degrees for locking
and unlocking, and a rod-shaped dead bolt extending down from a
bottom end of the lock connected to and moving with the pusher;
an elongate rod member provided to telescope in said
passageway having: a second U-shaped hook on an outer end for
hooking a portion of a steering wheel; and a plurality of annular
grooves formed in a substantial portion of the rod member, each
of said annular grooves having opposite vertical side surfaces
spaced apart from one another to enable said dead bolt to engage
therein to hold said rod member immovable when said pusher of the
lock is pressed down;
said body member being on the same surface of a
steering wheel, not bending upward when the anti-theft device is
attached to the steering wheel, preventing a rider from colliding
with the elongated body member when entering the vehicle; [sic]
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