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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary L Donatelle, East Finley Township, Washington County, PA (US);
Leonard B Prusakowski, East Finley Township, Washington County, PA (US);
Fred H Bednar, Shaler Township, Allegheny County, PA (US);
Assignee:
P.V. Security, Inc., Claysville, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307 102 ; 70256 ; 180287 ;
Abstract
A vehicle antitheft system utilizing the parking brake of a vehicle. If the primary parking brake release mechanism is operated for releasing the brake, the parking brake does not release, because it continues to be held by a secondary system, which is under security control. The system includes a remote control unit for setting the parking brake from locations away from the vehicle.