Adjustable car lock device

Claim 1

An adjustable car lock device, comprising: a lock body having a spindle, a lock rod and a cylinder hole, wherein said spindle is located at a top portion of the lock body and includes a movable buffer with a hole containing a spring and a steel ball biased outwardly of the buffer by the spring and further includes a movable guide block to guide and control the movement of said lock rod by coacting with the buffer and ball, said cylinder hole being shaped and sized for the insertion of a barrel therein; a barrel, having a block at one end and connected at a second end to the lock body; a cylinder having a protuberance at one end and two dented areas at a second end, said cylinder being placed in the barrel so that the protuberance will prevent the cylinder from sliding out of said barrel, said two dented areas cooperating to accept an adjustable barrel; an adjustable barrel having two cutout portions at one end and threaded at an inner bore, the two cutout portions in the assembled device being inserted into said two dented areas of said cylinder and said inner bore thread engaging a portion of an adjustable rod inserted therethrough; wherein said guide block has a flat surface such that when the flat surface is facing away from the buffer the steel ball is forcibly engaged with said lock rod to keep it from moving the flat surface faces toward said buffer, the steel ball is held against the lock rod with a force that is small enough so that lock rod is movable by a user.