US1247512A - Lock attachment for automobiles. - Google Patents

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J. (a. DOBLER. LOCK ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. l9. IQH- Patented N0v. 20, 1917.

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LOCK ATTACHMENT FOB AUTOMOBILES.

Specification 01 Letters Patent. Patented NOV. 20, 1917- Appllcation filed April 19, 1917. Serial No. 163,232.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Joanna G. Donnnn, a subject of the Emperor of Austria, resident of Galveston, in the county of Galveston and State of Texas, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Look Attachments for Automobiles; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanyin drawings, and to let ters or figures of re erencc marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

as shown, secured u on an upright block- 16,- said block suitably bolted at 17 to the floor or foot-board, to secure the hasp in position with the lever locked.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings a modification of the invention is shown, wherein the invention is shown as applied to another type of gear-shift lever, 19, having an intermediate rounded enlargement 20, seated and ful crumed in a recess of a sleeve or bracket 21, bolted to the fioor or foot-board at 22, other parts of the device being designated with similar reference characters. to those of the differentiated Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of the invention as applied.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the invention with the hasp thrown back.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showmain form of the invention, by the exponent 1.

In this form of the invention, the enlargement 20 is provided with one or more upper recesses or seats 23, engaged by downward projections 24 of the hasp in the interme mg a modification. diatc or inactive position of the lever, which Fig. 4 is a lan view of the same with is thereby locked in such position, until the the hasp thrown back. lock 15' is operated and the hasp is raised to The invention has relation to looks for the gear-shift levers of motor cars, having for its object to prevent unlicensed interference with or stealing of the car, and it consists in the novel construction and com binatio'ns of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanyin drawings, illusdisengage the projections thereof from said seats.

I claim: I

1. The combination with the gear-shift lever of a motor car, of a locking member secured to the car, a standard secured to the car, a hasp -member pivoted to said strating the invention, t e numeral 2 desigstandard and having a longitudinal opennates the gear shift lever, pivoted at its end slot engaging the gearshift lever and lower end and projectin upwardly through. lateral branches provided with depending an openin or slot 3 o the floor or footextensions havin locking engagement with board 4, sald lever havin engagement with said lever, said ranches also provided at the branches 5 of the I i-form slot of the their free ends'wirh elements engaging and clutch quadrant 6, it being designed to lock cooperating with said locking member.

the lever in midway position, or when 10- 2. The combination with the gear-shift cated in the transverse neck of the slot, belever of a motor car, having an intermediate tween said'branches, as shown in Fig. 1. of rounded fulcrum enlargement provided the drawings. with recess seats, of a locking member se- To this end, the foot-board or floor is cured to the car, a standard secured to the provided with a standard 7. bolted thereto car, a hasp member pivoted tosaid standard at 8, and at its upper end having a hingeand having a longitudinal open-end slot eneye 9, wherein is pivoted one end of a hasp gaging the gearshift lever, and lateral 10, said hasp having a central longitudinal branches provided. with depending pins open-cnd slot 11, adapted for engagement fitting in the recess seats of said fulcrum with the lever, and depending blocks 12, enenlargement, said branches also provided at gaging and filling the branch slots 5 at the their free ends with elemen s ngaging and sides of? the lever and preventing the movecooperating w h said lochin member.

ment of the lover from midway position into In estimony whereof I a it my signature,

either of said branches, as required to effect the clutch and operate the car. The hasp is also provided at its free end with means, preferably staples 13, adapted to engage and be secured by a lock 15, of stationary type in presence of two witnesses.

J OFBEPH G. DOBLER. \Vitnesses P. L. MALITZ, L. MoCAR'rHY BARRY.

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