Spare tire wheel lock

Description

FIG. 1 is a right front perspective view of a spare tire wheel lock, showing my new design, with the latch tongues in projected, or wheel-locking position and with the shackle holes in the hasp and in the adjacent end of one of the pin wings in register preparatory to receiving a padlock;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view;

FIG. 4 is an elevational view of the right end of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an elevational view of the left end of FIG 2;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view; and,

FIG. 8 is a section taken on the line 8--8 in FIG. 2, showing the Z-type linkage for actuating the latch tongues which are pivotally mounted on the opposite ends of a lever rotated by a central vertical pin, a portion of the lever being broken away to disclose the subjacent end of a latch tongue.