Anti-theet device for road vehicles

Claim 1

FOR A ROAD VEHICLE HAVING A STEERING WHEEL AND AT LEAST ONE CONTROL PEDAL, A PORTABLE ANTI-THEFT DEVICE COMPRISING A FIRST ELONGATED PART FORMED WITH AN AXIALLY EXTENDING SERIES OF GENERALLY V-SHAPED RECESSES, A SECOND ELONGATED PART IN SUBSTANTIALLY AXIALLY ALIGNED TELESCOPIC RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID FIRST PART, A FREE OUTER END ON EACH OF SAID PARTS, A HOOKED PORTION PROVIDED AT THE OUTER END OF ONE OF SAID PARTS AND ARRANGED TO HOOK ROUND ONE OF THE CONTROL PEDALS OF THE VEHICLE, A HOOKED PORTION PROVIDED AT THE OUTER END OF THE OTHER OF SAID PARTS AND ARRANGED TO HOOK ROUND A PART OF THE STEERING WHEEL OF THE VEHICLE, DETENT MEANS IN THE SAID SECOND ELONGATED PART ENGAGEABLE IN SAID RECESSES, SPRING LOADING MEANS ENGAGING A PART OF SAID DETENT MEANS AND URGING AT LEAST A PART OF SAID DETENT MEANS INTO SAID RECESSES AND CAUSING SAID DETENT MEANS TO COOPERATE WITH SAID RECESSES FOR PERMITTING RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID PARTS IN EITHER DIRECTION AND FOR PROMOTING TELESCOPIC MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID PARTS IN A SERIES OF STEPS THROUGH A SERIES OF POSITIONS, AND LOCKING MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH A PART OF SAID DETENT MEANS AND HOLDING THE DETENT MEANS IN SAID RECESSES FOR SECURING SAID TELESCOPIC PARTS IN ONE OF SAID POSITIONS TO PREVENT FREE MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTROL PEDAL AND SAID WHEEL.