Patents Assigned to Lace Effect, LLC
  • Patent number: 5831530
    Abstract: An anti-theft vehicle system for a vehicle wheel having a rotational axis includes at least one inhibitor disposed within the vehicle wheel to selectively engage and disengage the vehicle wheel to resist and allow rotational movement of the vehicle wheel about its rotational axis. The anti-theft vehicle system also includes rotatable structure disposed within the vehicle wheel and cooperating with the at least one inhibitor for moving the at least one inhibitor between an engaged position and a disengaged position with respect to the vehicle wheel. The anti-theft vehicle system further includes a receiver operatively associated with the vehicle wheel to receive a predetermined signal to activate the rotatable structure to move the at least one inhibitor between the engaged position and disengaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Lace Effect, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Lace, Jack Durban
  • Patent number: 5821856
    Abstract: An anti-theft vehicle system for a vehicle wheel having a rotational axis includes at least one inhibitor disposed within the vehicle wheel to selectively engage the vehicle wheel to prevent the vehicle wheel from rotating about its rotational axis. The anti-theft vehicle system also includes a notable structure disposed within the vehicle wheel and cooperating with the inhibitor for moving the inhibitor between an engaged position and a disengaged position with the vehicle wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Lace Effect, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace