David T Jarrett

US Patent:

60855592, Jul 11, 2000

Filed:

Apr 14, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/291354

Inventors:

David Jarrett - Brooklyn NY

International Classification:

B60R 2500

US Classification:

70202

Abstract:

An anti-theft locking device for the accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle has rigid flat upper and lower plates, a rectangular lockbox open at both a front end and a front portion of its top and having a first pair of opposing inside ledges to receive the lower plate, and a shorter handled box that can fit into the lockbox and is open at a rear end but has a front end wall that includes an opening for the pedal arm. The handled box has a second pair of opposing inside ledges to receive the upper plate. After the plates are inserted into the lockbox and the handled box, the device is positioned around the pedal with the pedal spaced between the lower and upper plates and the pedal arm extending out of the front end of the lockbox. The handled box, perched above the lockbox in an open position, is then lowered into a closed position until the upper plate presses against the top of the pedal and the handled box is subsumed within the lockbox. The pedal is then wedged between the upper and lower plates and the front end wall blocks the pedal's escape from the device.