Security apparatus for vehicle communications accessory

• US 4,003,228 A
• Filed: 03/23/1976
• Issued: 01/18/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James Lee Lievens, Stanely Clarence De Decker
• Original Assignee: James Lee Lievens, Stanely Clarence De Decker
• Inventors: De Decker, Stanely Clarence, Lievens, James Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): Wolfe, Robert L.
• Application Number:
  US05/669,512
• Time in Patent Office: 301 Days
• Field of Search: 70/14, 70/15, 70/39, 70/18, 70/229, 70/230, 70/231, 70/232, 70/DIG. 57, 70/57, 70/58
• US Class Current: 70/58
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/0005 using chains, cables or the like chain- or cable-locks of the padlock type E05B67/003; lockable clothing hangers or hanger racks E05B69/006
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/409 Shackles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5009 For portable articles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5867 Encased

Abstract

A citizen band radio is secured within a vehicle by a high strength cable which is coupled to the radio by a locking device mounted on the antenna connector of the radio.

Claims

1. Security apparatus for a vehicle communications accessory having a case with top, bottom, side and rear walls and having a connector attached threadably to a complementary fitting projecting rearwardly from said rear wall, said connector being of substantially circular cross-section and having a forwardly facing annular shoulder which is spaced rearwardly from said rear wall when said connector is attached to said fitting, said security apparatus comprising at least two separable blocks each formed with an opening in one side thereof, said blocks being positionable on opposite sides of said connector with the openings in the blocks defining a cavity for receiving said connector, means at the forward end portion of said cavity and defining a rearwardly facing annular shoulder whose smallest diameter is smaller than the largest diameter of said forwardly facing annular shoulder, said rearwardly facing shoulder being disposed between said rear wall and said forwardly facing shoulder and being engageable with the latter to prevent rearward removal of said blocks from said connector, a locking device comprising a substantially U-shaped shackle having legs straddling said blocks and operable to prevent sidewise separation of said blocks, said locking device further comprising a key-operated lock spanning the legs of said shackle and selectively releasable from at least one of said legs to permit removal of said shackle from said blocks, and a flexible line having one end portion captivated by said shackle and having an opposite end portion adapted for attachment to a fixed object.

2. Security apparatus as defined in claim 1 further including means associated with said locking device and engageable with one of said walls to prevent said locking device from being turned relative to said case.

3. Security apparatus as defined in claim 2 in which said means comprise a plate having holes for receiving the legs of said shackle and having a forward portion adapted to underlie and engage the bottom wall of said case.

4. Security apparatus as defined in claim 1 in which slots are formed in the outboard sides of said blocks and receive the legs of said shackle.

5. Security apparatus as defined in claim 1 in which the rear end portion of said cavity defines an opening having a diameter of approximately one-fourth inch.

6. Security apparatus as defined in claim 1 in which spaced holes are formed through said lock and receive the legs of said shackle, there being notches formed in and spaced along each of said legs and enabling said lock to be anchored at various positions along said legs.

7. Security apparatus as defined in claim 1 in which said line comprises a metal cable, there being a loop at each end of said cable.