Anti-theft transmission lever lock plate

Claim 1

A detachable lock plate assembly for fitting about a transmission shift lever of a vehicle and a second fixed rod, comprising a male plate member and a female plate member shaped to telescopically join each other in an engaged mode, with each plate member fitted with a pair of parallel grooves that form a pair of parallel through holes when the plate members are joined together, with locking means operated by a removable key that maintains the plates engaged in the locked mode. said male plate member formed with a tubular shaft that projects perpendicularly from a surface of said member, said shaft being of an external shape to telescopically fit into a through hole that extends from a surface of the female member, with each said surface of each member formed with said parallel grooves, said shaft formed with an open axial hole, the internal surface of which hole is formed with a recess of a shape to engage a latch of said locking means, said locking means consisting of a detachable tumbler that fits into the hole of the female plate member and the hole of the shaft of the male plate member when the two plate members are assembled.