Vehicle and assembly locking and wrenching apparatus

Claim 1

A vehicle locking and wrenching apparatus for use on a bicycle, said apparatus removably attached to the bicycle and comprising of: a quick release armature; cover cap; threaded axle member with a quick release terminal; a substantially cylindrical, circular replacement nut having arcuate sides perpendicular to its flat face, the nut incised on its face with a curvilinear channel that is substantially devoid of straight line segments, the nut attached to a threaded end of said threaded axle member; a first cylindrical, annular ring fitted to turn freely around substantially the entire surface area of the arcuate sides of the nut perpendicular to the flat face of the nut, the first ring of a sufficient thickness and strength to prevent the gripping and turning of the nut when forces are applied to the first ring; a second cylindrical, annular ring, fitted to turn freely around the quick release terminal of the threaded axle member after the quick release armature and cover cap are removed, said second ring having sufficient thickness and strength to prevent the gripping and turning of said threaded axle member when forces are applied to said second ring; a cylindrical, tubular coupling having arcuate sides, said coupling open on one end, and tapered on the other end, with a circular bore on the arcuate side proximate to the open end, wherein said tapered end terminates in an elevated shoulder upon which a fitting is fixedly attached, the face of said fitting comprising continuous projected walls complementary to the curvilinear channel of the nut, such that there is provided a snug fit when the face of the fitting is inserted into the channel of the nut; a bicycle locking device comprising a U-shaped shackle with legs that attach by insertion into a first opening and a second opening on a cross piece, and which is in turn locked by conventional cylindrical locking means, wherein said cross piece is removably inserted into said open end of said coupling such that said first opening on the cross piece aligns with the bore on the coupling and one leg of said shackle can be inserted and locked conventionally through said bore and said first opening, and further wherein upon insertion of the face of the fitting into the channel of the nut, while said coupling is locked to the cross piece, a lever arm is created by application of torque upon said U-shaped shackle for removing or tightening the nut.