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Cargo vehicle security system and method of use

  • US 8,959,838 B1
  • Filed: 05/14/2013
  • Issued: 02/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle security system, the system comprising:

  • an inertial releasing deadbolt assembly to installed in a vehicle in an arrangement which employs a inertial safety releasing deadbolt to retain a pivotal door from opening when placed in an engaging configuration, wherein the inertial releasing deadbolt includes;

    an inertial release mechanism that drives the inertial releasing deadbolt from the engaging configuration to a released configuration automatically when the vehicle is subjected to a sudden impact, wherein the inertial release mechanism is a weighted ring pivotally assembled to an inertial safety releasing deadbolt by an inertial release mechanism support element, wherein the inertial safety releasing deadbolt passes through an aperture of the weighted ring,wherein the impact causes the weighted ring to strike the inertial safety releasing deadbolt resulting in a transition from the locking configuration to the released configuration.

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