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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1994
Michael Dalton, Farmingville, NY (US);
Michael Iannotta, Miller Place, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
An anti-theft device for use in combination with the steering wheel of a motor vehicle comprising a cover member sized to completely cover the top of a motor vehicle steering wheel, said cover member further defining a slot therein said slot commencing at an edge of said cover. The device is further provided with a first hook member fixed to said cover member adjacent to the edge thereof said hook oriented and adapted to engage said wheel from the inside thereof; and an elongated member having a first outer end and a second inner end, said second end being adapted to be slideably engaged by said cover member slot. The elongated member further comprises a second hook member fixed to said elongated member at a point intermediate to said first and second end, said second hook member oriented and adapted to engage said wheel from the inside thereof. Finally, the device of the present invention is provided with locking means for locking the elongated member in a stationary position with respect to the cover member at any of a plurality of positions.