Abstract: An anti-theft device for vehicles comprising a steering column shackle in the form of a generally cylindrical collar defined by a pair of semicircular or arcuate shaped bands hingeably connected together with an adjusting lockable latch assembly. At least one of the bands comprising the sleeve has at least one opening therein to accommodate a shift lever extending from the steering column. The sleeve is positioned around the steering column and shift lever and locked with a key to prevent thieves from breaking the tubular steering column housing open, exposing the ignition starting and gearshift rod mechanisms therein.

Abstract: A locking device used to secure a fishing rod and reel assembly to another object, such as an automobile, boat or the like. The locking device includes a hasp that closes around a fishing rod and the elongated neck of a fishing reel that extends from the fishing rod. The hasp includes apertures that can accept a padlock, wherein the padlock prevents the hasp from being removed from around the fishing rod and reel assembly. When closed around the fishing rod and reel assembly, the hasp independently engages both the fishing rod and the fishing reel. The hasp is mechanically attached to an object such as an automobile or boat, as such the hasp joins the fishing rod and reel assembly to the object, preventing the casual theft of the rod and reel assembly.

Abstract: A latching holder for engaging an article comprises first and second co-acting members (1,2) which define a recess (8) for receiving an article. The members (1,2) are pivotally engaged together on one side of the recess (8). The first and second members have releasable co-acting cam means (11,29) on the opposite side of the recess, the cam means being operated to lock the first and second co-acting members together. A locking arm (20) is preferably used to operate the cam means. The holder has particular utility in holding the RF (radio frequency) aerial of a helicopter to the tail boom.

Abstract: A device for securing equipments such as personal computers, monitors, printers and the like by using a cable which is secured to a relatively immovable fixture. The device comprises a wire cable with a plastic sheath and having a bulbous protrusion on one end, a plurality of fastener blocks, a metal ring and a cam lock assembly. The cable locking device is secured to various equipments by fastener blocks with the cable passing through the blocks, the bulbous protrusion on the cable end preventing the cable from being pulled through the blocks. The free end of the cable is looped around a suitable pillar or immovable object, passing through a ring and thence through a cam lock assembly. By turning a key in the cam lock, the lock assembly is clamped to the cable, preventing the cable loop from being removed. Access to the screws holding the blocks to the equipment is prevented by the cable passing through the blocks above the screws.

Abstract: A security device is described that is simple and reliable. It includes a base member which is adhesively attached to the surface of a large object such as a motor vehicle. A protective knife-edged boss surrounds and protects the adhesive attaching means to defeat attempts to pry the base member off the vehicle. Housed within the base member is a steel tube, and a locking cable extends through the tube to secure personal property. A cavity is provided for easy installation of the tube within the base member, and a flange is attached to the tube for preventing extraction of the tube from the base member, as well as defeating removal of the base member from the vehicle. A three-way system of adhesion is employed which provides superior results.

Abstract: A device is disclosed for locking the key ignition of a vehicle. The device includes braided cables encased in neoprene rubber, and a recess is provided at the midpoint of the length of these cables. A locking housing is basically cylindrical in shape and includes a combination lock in its center section while the ends of the housing are flared angularly outward and have two through holes which serve as receptacles for the cables. Finally, ratchet-like teeth are arranged along the length of the cable, and two spring loaded engagement levers are located in the cable receptacles within the housing. The cables fit around the steering column of a vehicle with the recess placed over the key ignition. The locking housing receives the cables in the through holes and is locked in place by the combination lock.

Abstract: An antitheft device for use on bicycles. The device has three limbs (1,2,3) which are pivotally connected to each other. In, use the limbs (1,2,3) are lockable around part of a bicycle (8) and/or fixed structure in a triangular configuration. When not in use the limbs are unlocked and folded one within another to a rectilinear configuration for storage or carrying purposes. The device has the advantages of being compact in the folded position to facilitate storage on part of the bicycle frame.

Abstract: A security device for locking a wheel of a vehicle includes first and second generally L-shaped clamp members adjustably positioned on a transversely extending cross member. The L-shaped members are moved toward each other to clampingly engage a steering wheel or road wheel of a vehicle. A lock assembly is slideably disposed within an open end of one of the L-shaped clamp members. The lock assembly includes a lock pin which engages apertures, openings or holes in the cross member.

Abstract: A bicycle lock bracket is formed by an elongated metal strap having an aperture in each end and folded in a loop with its opposite ends overlapped and juxtaposed with the apertures aligned. The strap is adapted to encircle a bicycle frame tube or other tube, rod or post, so that a cable lock body is held securely in place between the strap and the frame tube. The juxtaposed ends of the strap are attached together by bolts or other fasteners so that the cable lock body is tightly retained within the bracket when the lock is open. Inserting the cable through the aligned apertures into the lock body secures the strap, lock body and cable to the mounting tube.

Abstract: A motorcycle infrared rays lock for a motorcycle include a housing, an infrared rays receiving unit and a movable block contained in the housing and an infrared rays emitting unit. The infrared rays emitting unit is deposited in a separated case to be inserted in a front opening of the housing for turning on the emitter to emit a preset data signal to a sensor to actuate a receiving IC for examining the signal and turning on a transistor to actuate an electro-magnetic switch to retract a movable block. The movable block has a tooth end engaging a rack in an end portion of a hook rod locking a free end of a chain wound around a portion of a motorcycle wheel so that the chain can be taken off the hook rod and then off the wheel.

Abstract: A theft protection collar is provided for a motor vehicle having a steering column with an ignition switch and shift lever and consists of a bracket which is removably connected and located to the steering column. The bracket covers and protects the ignition switch and retains the shift lever to prevent the unauthorized operation thereof.

Abstract: A security device having an elongate, flexible cable with a preformed coil, with the coil being defined by at least three turns of cable which extend and retract to allow the effective length of the cable to be altered. At least a first and second of the turns are connected to each other to control the tendency of the coil to tangle as the coil is extended and retracted in use. A structure is provided on the cable to allow connection of the cable to an article to be secured.

Abstract: A security device for securing an article against theft comprises a flexible cable having first and second opposite ends, and a housing member defining a cavity for receiving the cable. The housing member has a wall formed with an opening through which the cable may extend. A cable retainer retains the first end of the cable substantially stationarily inside the housing. On withdrawing the second end of the cable from the housing, no substantial return force tending to retract the cable into the housing is generated.

Abstract: An anti-theft device for use in conjunction with a tracked snowmobile is disclosed. The device has an elongated main arm member and an auxiliary arm member welded to the main arm member, with the arm members being made of case hardened steel and then being plastic coated. The two arm members are substantially parallel with a bight therebetween that is adapted to receive the track of the snowmobile. The device fits across the track of a snowmobile between adjacent tread members and is locked in place on the track by a conventional lock that fits through co-operating apertures in the arm members. The ends of the arm members comprise blocking means that are adapted to physically engage a portion of the body of the snowmobile so as to substantially preclude relative movement of the track with respect to the body of the snowmobile, thereby to preclude the snowmobile from being driven.

Abstract: A device to be clamped onto a tire which punctures the sidewalls of the tire when an unauthorized attempt is made to move the vehicle or pry the device from the tire. The device includes two jaws that slide toward one another to substantially close around the tire thereby positioning teeth on the jaws close to the sidewalls. The jaws are engaged with a ratchet locket mechanism that permits sliding the jaws together for attachment around the tire but which prevents the jaws from sliding apart unless released with a key. The locking mechanism is protected from tampering by a cover with a hole for inserting the key. The hole is remote from the locking mechanism and the key is elongated providing that cryogenic fluid inserted into the cover hole can not reach the locking mechanism such as might be attempted in an effort to embrittle the locking mechanism.

Abstract: A lock structure arranged in combination with a vehicular cover is constructed to include a flexible cable sheath having a plurality of cable strands directed therethrough, with a forward ring mounted to a forward distal end of the sheath and cables. An anchor block mounted fixedly to a rear distal end of the cable has an anchor ring secured thereto for positioning with a vehicular passenger compartment. The cables and sheath are directed through a grommet portion of a vehicular flexible cover, with a lock mechanism mounted through the forward ring. A modification of the invention includes alarm structure mounted within the anchor block.

Abstract: A protector for a lock used in combination with a steel cable to prevent theft of a two-wheeled vehicle. The lock is received within the protector and when at a locked condition, the shackle portion thereof is inaccessible, as to a bolt cutter, and where the steel cable is incapable of being severed by a bolt cutter.

Abstract: A motor vehicle anti-theft device is provided which consists of an enclosure to fit about a steering column and an ignition switch on the steering column of the motor vehicle. A mechanism is for locking the enclosure about the steering column, so as to prevent an unauthorized operation of the ignition switch on the steering column. A cover member extends from the side of the enclosure to block any ignition switch alternately located on the dashboard of the motor vehicle, to also prevent the unauthorized operation of an ignition switch on the dashboard.

Abstract: The device includes two elongate, identical members hinged together at one end, and having locking tabs projecting from their opposite ends for securing to two members in a closed position in which confronting operating surfaces there are secured over diametrally opposite sides of a garden hose at two axially spaced sections therealong. The confronting operating surfaces of said members have therein a first pair of semicircular, complimentary recesses surrounding a cylindrical coupling on one end of the hose, and having in the bottoms thereof coaxial, arcuate grooves in which diametrally opposite sides of the coupling are seated to prevent removal from the closed members. Another pair of confronting recesses in said operating surfaces frictionally engage diametrally opposite sides of the hose adjacent its opposite end to lock that end of the hose.

Abstract: A cable lock assembly for the bundling of lengths of material such as logs includes a lock affixed to a first end of a cable. One of a number of buttons rigidly affixed to the cable at a second end thereof may be placed is a complementarily shaped socket in a base of the lock. The button may be retained in the socket by a cover which is rotatably connected to the base and may be releasably secured thereto in its button retaining closed position. The cable lock assembly of the present invention is easy to handle without the requirement of specific tools and is reusable, thus reducing operating costs. Slipping of the cable through the lock in the closed position of the cover is substantially prevented, thus improving the reliability of the cable lock assembly.

Abstract: A cable locking device consisting of two axially slotted cylindrically shaped closed-end structures, each having attached a rigid tube of smaller diameter than the cylinder. The length of each tube is greater than half the wheelbase of a skateboard, and one tube will fit within the other. The axial slots allow each cylinder to be guided over the trucks of a skateboard, entirely encompassing the truck and associated mounting hardware. Upon installation of the device, the smaller rigid tube has been incorporated within the larger tube. The free end of an attached locking cable is inserted into two aligned apertures, one on each tube, and a locking device contained within the larger tube secures the cable in place.

Abstract: A belt-like device for securing one object to another object, e.g. skis, snowboards, skateboards, bicycles, and the like to fixed poles to prevent theft. Two joined and closed loops are formed by the device, a first loop capturing a first object and the second loop capturing the second object tethering them together. The device has a line of flexible, strong material with a slip buckle. An end of the line remote from the slip buckle is passed through the buckle to form a noose. The noose is made to either encircle a first object or pass through an opening defined by the first object, either way capturing it. The second loop can be formed by joining an opening defined by the line remote from the noose to at least one other opening defined by the line between the noose and the remote opening. The second loop can be closed by a shackle passing through the joined openings, preferably the shackle of a lock.

Abstract: A device having a pair of right-angle members slidable relative to each other to bring the jaws mounted to the foot of a leg of one of the members and the jaws of an opposed clamp mounted to the foot of a parallel leg of the other member into clamped engagement with diametrically opposed brake cooling slots and the adjacent surface of a wheel of a parked motor vehicle, and including a key operable lock mounted in part to each of the right-angle members which serves to secure the members in the clamped condition. In its diametrically applied condition to the wheel, the device obstructs application of a boot over the lug nuts of the wheel, and an elongated arm of one of the member extends beyond the periphery of the wheel so as to immobolize the wheel against rotation relative to the roadway.

Abstract: A wire lock includes a push-button latch operatively locking a locking head of a wire rope wound in a lock casing, and operatively depressed for disengaging the locking head of the wire rope when opening the lock so that the wire rope can be automatically retracted into the lock casing. The locking head of the wire rope may be depressed to disengage a plurality of sleeves from dials of the wire lock for conveniently resetting a new combination for the lock.

Abstract: A cable lock for securing a cable having a shoulder thereon is provided having a housing and at least one opening in the housing, the opening being dimensioned to receive the cable shoulder therethrough. A cover is mounted for selective movement relative to the housing between a position permitting passage of the cable through the opening to a position preventing passage of the cable through the opening. A tumbler having a movable shaft operatively associated therewith, the shafting being movable independent of the cover is operatively associated with the cover for providing the selective movement of the cover.

Abstract: A wheel chock device arrangement to be releasably secured to a vehicle wheel, such as a trailer wheel, for temporarily encumbering the normal rotation of the vehicle wheel. The wheel chock device includes a generally triangularly shaped enclosure having a plurality of surfaces defining a substantially wedge-shaped solid with a horizontal leg, a vertical leg, and an inclined leg between the vertical and horizontal legs. A pair of closed opposed end walls enclose the legs to create the wedge-shaped solid. A generally "U"-shaped wheel-engaging jaw with telescopically engagable first and second base segments is provided, with each base segment having a leg element extending generally at right angles from the base segments, and with opposed inwardly extending stub segments extending coaxially inwardly of the leg elements of the first and second base segments.

Abstract: An improved device for immobilizing or impounding any vehicle includes a pair of jaws that can be brought together on either side of a wheel to capture that wheel. A chock of width equal to the wheel rests against the ground and prevents movement of the captured wheel. The device is preferably made of hardened steel and is assembled in such a way as to make non-destructive disassembly impossible. The design and construction of the device make it impossible to twist or otherwise misalign the jaws or the chock of the device, except by use of extreme and excessive force.

Abstract: A closure for the two hinged bars of a vehicle roof-mounted ski mount is formed from a rotatable catch or pawl secured to one of the bars and a toothed harpoon extending from the other. Engagement and disengagement of the pawl with the teeth on the harpoon is governed by a manually operated button, the pawl being spring-biased toward engagement with the harpoon. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the pawl and button are part of a removable insert which fits into an end cap on the upper bar of the ski mount, and the spring is a spring clip which holds the insert in place in the end cap while permitting it to rotate to engage or disengage the pawl with the harpoon which is on the lower bar, the spring clip also urging the pawl into engagement with the harpoon as well as immobilizing the harpoon once it has been engaged by the pawl.

Abstract: A locking apparatus for use with surfboards and other articles which attaches to a cross bar on the article. The locking apparatus includes a member which surrounds the cross bar and a means for locking and unlocking the member to the cross bar thereby preventing unauthorized persons from removing the member from the cross bar. Used with a conventional surfboard, the lock apparatus advantageously attaches to an existing leash plug cross bar, requiring no modification or retrofit to the surfboard, and attaches without removal of a leash cord which likewise typically attaches to the cross bar. Further, a cable secures to the locking apparatus and is looped around or affixes to a generally stationary structure, such as an automobile surfboard roof rack, bicycle rack, post, etc., in order that the article cannot be moved without first unlocking the member.

Abstract: An anti-theft device is disclosed which is adapted to be mounted to the steering wheel of a vehicle. The device includes a yoke member adapted to be positioned on the steering column. The yoke member includes a key housing shield adapted to cover and protect the key housing on the steering column when the device is mounted in place. The device further includes a bent bracket member having one end adapted to be mounted to the yoke member and another end adapted to engage with a spoke of the wheel to prevent rotation of the steering wheel in a predetermined direction.

Abstract: A one piece locking device for securing kayaks and similarly shaped objects to stationary objects and automobile-mounted cartop carriers. The apparatus consists of a single plastic coated cable with a larger fixed loop at one end and two smaller fixed loops near and at the other end. The larger fixed loop is placed around one end of a kayak and the remaining cable passed under the crossbars of a cartop carrier and then around the opposite end of the kayak. By securing the two smaller fixed loops together with a lock, a loop is formed around this opposite end of the kayak. This newly formed loop and the larger fixed loop have approximately the same circumference, which is larger than the ends of the kayak but smaller than the cross-sectional circumference of the cockpit area of the kayak.

Abstract: There is disclosed a novel locking device adapted for use with a length of flexible cable. The locking device comprises a body member designed to receive a flexible cable and a pivotable cable retaining member pivotally associated with one end of the body member and designed to work in conjunction with the body member to engage the flexible cable thereby allowing for the simple engagement of articles to be locked together.

Abstract: A tandem wheel attachment for hindering movement of a vehicle having tandem wheels; it comprises a T-shaped member adapted to be secured between the tandem wheels, and a wheel bracing member which securely engages one extremity of the T-shaped member and covers a major portion of the outer face of the outer wheel hub. Mounted to the T-shaped member is a piercing element in contact with the tires but which will pierce the tires only if the wheels are rotated with the attachment thereon.

Abstract: The steering wheel lock protector has a two-piece housing which wraps around the ignition-steering wheel lock in the steering column of a modern automobile. The automobile lock is completely enclosed except that access is provided through a rotatable key-slotted disc to the ignition-steering wheel lock. The two-piece housing is engaged and disengaged from its steering wheel housing wraparound position by means of two axially aligned lock pins which are lock-actuated to engage in lock pin bosses.

Abstract: A latch for securing the door of an animal cage or cell which comprises a cylindrical metal barrel having an open end internally screw threaded, and an opposite end internally constricted for holding the terminal of a cable which is interposed in slideable relation into the constriction. The cable is constructed to bind the cage door frame to the door post. The other end of the cable terminates in a loop which fits into a biased slot near the end of the metal barrel. A key interposed from the open end engages a screw threaded arbor stud, rotating it to move along the inner axis of the barrel. The screw threaded arbor stud has an axial projection at its inner end which penetrates the loop and holds it in place in fully locked position. When the key is removed from the barrel, the screw member is inaccessible and cannot be loosened, until the key is reapplied by an attendant or keeper to re-engage the arbor stud, releasing the loop of the cable.

Abstract: A restraint for the hands of a handcuffed person includes a fabric pouch having a drawstring, and grommets along an edge thereof. The drawstring has a ring at one portion, and a spring clip at an opposing portion. The pouch is placed over both hands of a handcuffed person, the drawstring pulled tight by means of the spring clip which is passed through the ring and attached to a grommet. A plastic liner may be installed in the pouch prior to use to protect and collect evidence from a suspect's hands.

Abstract: It is a retractable lock, which mainly comprises a first pipe section with a lock cylinder at one end thereof, and with a spheric opening and a guide groove at the other end thereof, a connecting rod having a ball shaped part at one end thereof and a ball at the other end thereof so as to pivotally connect with a second pipe section having two spheric openings at both ends thereof respectively a locking rod having a ball end to coupled with one end of the second pipe section, and the other end thereof being coupled into the first pipe; when not use, all the parts of the lock can be retracted into the first pipe section for storage and carrying convenience.

Abstract: Two rings (6, 8) are secured to opposite ends of an elongated chain (4). The rings (6, 8) slidably engage a pair of pivoted semicircular jaws (10, 12). The diameter (D.sub.2) of the smaller ring (8) is sufficiently small to prevent the ring (8) from being slid off of the jaws (10, 12) over their free ends (14). The layer ring (6) freely slides on and off the jaws (10, 12). The free jaw ends (14) have alignable holes (20) for engaging a padlock (22). The device (2) may be used to secure a garment (50, 52) by extending the chain (4) through a sleeve of the garment (50, 52) and locking the jaws (10, 12) onto a chair arm (28), closet pole (34), or other strcture of similar girth. The device (2) may be folded and carried in a small pocket.

Abstract: An anti-theft steering column cuff device for automobiles and the like is provided and consists of two box shaped casings which are removable connected and locked to the steering column in which one of the casings covers and protects an ignition switch to prevent an unauthorized person from operating the ignition switch.

Abstract: A center-release buckle with a rotatable lock to secure a cover or belt, which lock is mounted in the buckle against a flexible flap in the buckle housing and is secured therein by mounting the housing on a base or frame.

Abstract: A locking apparatus having a padded U-shaped metal band sized for attachment encompassing a rear section of a surfboard anterior to a rear fin. An elongated cable, preferably metal, having looped terminal ends is provided. A padlock secures two ends of the U-shaped metal band together and one looped terminal end of the cable to the U-shaped metal band. The other end of the metal cable can be attached to an anchorage, positioned inside a locked door of a vehicle, or attached to any permanent fixture where locking is feasible. The method for locking the surfboard to a vehicle or to an anchorage includes steps to encase the surfboard locked in the locking apparatus and attached by cable closed in the locked door of a vehicle or attached to an anchorage.

Abstract: A wire lock includes a push-button latch operatively locking a locking head of a wire rope wound in a lock casing, and operatively depressed for disengaging the locking head of the wire rope when opening the lock so that the wire rope can be automatically retracted into the lock casing. The locking head of the wire rope may be depressed to disengage a plurality of sleeves from dials of the wire lock for conveniently resetting a new combination for the lock.

Abstract: A self-retracting and self-retaining combined tether/lock security system for cycles and the like that employs the hollow of the cycle handlebar for storage.

Abstract: An improved automotive vehicle wheel cover lock for releasably anchoring a wheel cover to a wheel lug stud, the improved wheel cover lock including a flexible cable having an annular terminal defining an opening adapted to receive the wheel lug stud. A locking housing is provided which defines an axially extending bore open at each end and having an internally threaded section at one end thereof and an enlarged section at the opposite end thereof. In addition, the housing defines a pair of aligned passageways which communicate with the enlarged section of the bore and are adapted to receive the cable, and a locking screw is provided which threadably engages the internally threaded section of the body and bears against the cable to deflect the cable within the elastic limits thereof into locking engagement with the edge portions of the housing that define the aligned passageways.

Abstract: A spring-free cable-lock device for tubular frame vehicles having a swaged end cable with identical halves of a phallic head as a plug for insertion into a lock member, comprising a sliding latch plate with a semi-circular opening which aligns with a groove in the phallic head to form a lock.

Abstract: A fixture for securing office equipment and the like comprising an adhesive plate 10 that bonds to the office equipment and a belt 18 and a locking means such that the belt 18 protects the adhesive plate 10 from being pried from the office equipment. The locking mechanism can be a mating pin 23 and padlock 26. The fixture can be secured to a fixed location by a steel tether cable 27, bonded to a work surface by adhesive or mechanically fastened to a work surface by screws.

Abstract: An anti-theft lock for a riding saddle is provided comprising a lock ring which is lockable around a sadle horn. The diameter of the lock ring is greater than that of the neck of the saddle horn, but less than that of the cap of the saddle horn. The lock ring may be tethered to an anchor or other fixed object.

Abstract: This invention relates to a wirelock protector and in particular to one including a lock housing, a latching and a lock shell. The lock housing is to prevent dirt or water from permeating into a lock. The latch housing has the same function as to prevent dirt or water from permeating into a latch. The lock shell is to fix the lock housing at a fixed place to prevent the lock from hitting and damaging the locked body.

Abstract: A locking device for firearms that allows the firearms to be openly displayed, yet safe from the hands of inquisitive children. The device is formed from an elongated rod member that has been formed into an open loop configuration whose free ends are directed toward each other and have a predetermined open space between their tips. The rod member is inserted into the eyelet portion of an eyebolt that has been threaded into a corner stud of a room. Two portions of the open loop configuration of the rod member are oriented at 90 degree angles to each other and these aligned horizontally and in mating relationship to the respective corner walls to which the eyebolt has been secured. Either of the free ends of the rod member is threaded through the trigger guard of a rifle or revolver to secure the firearm to the locking device.

Abstract: A compact portable locking device designed primarily to be utilized in conjunction with coats, bicycles, skis and the like is disclosed. The device takes the form of a housing having two or more internal chambers. The housing has an upper hollow engaging cap portion and a lower complementary body portion where the cap portion and body portion together form the internal hollow volume having two or more chambers. One chamber includes the locking mechanism, a receptacle cavity which is accessible within the internal chamber or at a point through the housing, and an active locking element. A flexible securing member having one end permanently affixed to the lock unit within the chamber and the other end of the member having a pin which is adapted to enter the receptacle cavity of the lock unit and to interlock thereon. The second internal chamber is useful as a storage chamber for the flexible securing member when the lock is not in use.