WO1991015385A1 - Moyen d'immobilisation de vehicule a roues - Google Patents

Moyen d'immobilisation de vehicule a roues Download PDF

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WO1991015385A1
WO1991015385A1 PCT/GB1991/000543 GB9100543W WO9115385A1 WO 1991015385 A1 WO1991015385 A1 WO 1991015385A1 GB 9100543 W GB9100543 W GB 9100543W WO 9115385 A1 WO9115385 A1 WO 9115385A1
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Graham Brooks
Michael Harold Cope
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Michael Harold Cope
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R25/00—Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles
    • B60R25/01—Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens
    • B60R25/09—Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens by restraining wheel rotation, e.g. wheel clamps
    • B60R25/093—Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens by restraining wheel rotation, e.g. wheel clamps comprising ground-engaging means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60T—VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
    • B60T3/00—Portable devices for preventing unwanted movement of vehicles, e.g. chocks

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  • Wheel clamps such as the "Denver Boot” are well known, but such are of many parts requiring substantial fitting time and, more importantly, are such that any attempt to move the vehicle can result in damage thereto, not necessarily immediately apparent, and hazardous to subsequent safe driving.
  • a means for restraining movement of a wheeled vehicle comprising a free-standing frame member adapted to be positioned adjacent a vehicle wheel, means extendible from the frame member to encompass said wheel and for return to the frame member for engagement therewith, and cover means securable to the frame member to deny access to the engagement of the extendible means therewith.
  • the extendible means may comprise chains or alternatively the extendible means may comprise chains in combination with one or more rigid members.
  • the extendible means comprises a first set of chains linked by way of a rigid member to a second set of chains.
  • the rigid member may be generally U-shaped in cross-section.
  • the chains may be engageable with members pivotally connected with the frame member and movable to tension the chains.
  • the chain may be engageable with one or more members pivotally connected with the frame member and movable by way of the action of a weighting strip to tension the- chain.
  • the cover means may be securable at a selected one of a possible number of vertical positions suited for the size of wheel to which the restraining means is attached.
  • Fig. 1 shows an inside view of a frame member forming part of the restraining means
  • Fig. 2 shows an outside view of the frame member of Fig. 1
  • Fig. 3 shows a cross-section through the frame member on the line III - III of Fig. 1
  • Fig. 4 shows a side view of a cover member forming another part of the restraining means.
  • Fig. 5 shows a perspective view of an alternative frame member to form a part of the restraining means;
  • Fig. 6 shows a perspective view of the restraining means of Fig. 5 with the cover member in place; and Fig. 7 shows a detail of the frame member of Fig.
  • the restraining means is essentially comprised by two parts, a frame member generally indicated at 10 ( Figures 1 - 3) and a cover member generally indicated at 40 ( Figure 4) .
  • the frame member 10 comprises a longitudinally extending ground-engaging rail 11 which mounts upright pillars 12 and 13 joined towards their tops by a cross-member 14. Reinforcement pieces 12a, 13a, are provided.
  • a bar 18 is rotatably mounted between the pillars 12 and 13 beneath the cross-member 14 and carries a pair of strips 19 and 20 whose lower ends are notched at 21 to receive a link of the chains 15 and 16 respectively.
  • the upper portions of the strips 19 and 20 are bowed outwardly for a reason which will be apparent hereinafter.
  • the cover member 40 is in the form of a plate 41 having spaced hook-shaped studs 42 on its lower edge engageable with one pair of a series of vertically spaced pairs of holes 43 in the rail 11 and pillars 12 and 13.
  • a staple 44 extends outwardly from cross-member 14 to pass through one of a series of vertically spaced apertures 45 in the plate 41 when the cover 40 is fitted to the frame member 10.
  • the frame member 10 is positioned alongside a vehicle wheel and the chains 15 and 16 are passed over the wheel and back under it to be engaged with the notches 21 on the lower end of the strips 19 and 20.
  • the cover 40 is fitted to deny access to the chain attachments, and secured by a padlock through the staple 44.
  • a plate may extend between the pillars 12 and 13 on the outer face of the frame member to deny access to the chains when the cover is secured at one it its upper positions.
  • Fig. 5 there is shown a view similar to that shown in Fig.l of an alternative embodiment of restraining means.
  • the embodiment shown is generally similar to the embodiment of Fig. 1 and like reference numerals will be used to indicate corresponding parts.
  • the frame member 10 comprises a longitudinally extending ground-engaging rail 11 which mounts upright pillars 12 and 13 joined towards their tops by a cross-member 14.
  • a first bar 50 is rotatably mounted between the pillars 12 and 13 on the opposite side of cross-members 14 to the rail 11.
  • the bar Towards each end, adjacent the pillars 12 and 13, the bar carries two pairs of link guide pins 51, 52 which extend in opposite radial directions from the bar 11 for a purpose to be described hereafter.
  • a bar 18 is rotatably mounted betwen the pillars 12 and 13 between the cross-member 14 and the rail 11.
  • the bar 18 carries a single depending weighting strip 53.
  • the bar 18 On either side of the strip 53 towards the respective end of the bar 18 adjacent the pillars 12 and 13, the bar 18 carries a number of link engaging pins 54 which project radially from and are equiangularly spaced around the circumferential periphery of the bar 18.
  • a chain retention bar 56 extends between the pillars 12 and 13 between the bar 18 and rail 11 and this bar 56 is secured to the rail 11 by a strengthening strut 57.
  • the chain retention bar 56 extends between the pillars 12 and 13 at a position substantially adjacent the rail 11.
  • a lower plate 58 is fixedly secured between the pillars 12 and 13 and acts to cover the chain retention bar 56 to prevent access thereto when the cover 40 is at one of its upper positions as will be described hereinafter.
  • Lengths of chain 59, 61 are fixed at one end to a top surface of the cross-member 14 and extend therefrom around the first bar 50. Ends of the lengths of chain 59,61 remote from the bar 14 are linked to a U-shaped bar 62 (shown more clearly in Fig. 7) which, at its free ends 63, 64 is linked to further lengths of chain 67,68.
  • a cross bar 66 is attached to and extends between the lengths of chain
  • the frame member 10 is positioned alongside a vehicle wheel and the chains 59, 61 are passed between respective pairs of pins 51, 52 and over the wheel, the pins 51, 52 acting to guide the lengths of chain 59, 61 in a manner which ensures efficient operation.
  • the cover 40 is fitted to the free member as above to deny access to the chains 59, 61, 67, 68 and is secured by way of a padlock through the staple 44.
  • the chains 59, 61, 67, 68 are maintained in tension around the wheel by way of the depending weighting strip 53 which acts to cause movement of the bar until a lower end of the strip engages the plate 58 thereby tensioning the chains 59, 61, 67, 68.
  • the depending strip 53 also acts to prevent rotation of the bar 18 when the frame member 10 is pulled away from the wheel in an attempt to free the vehicle.
  • the provision of the U-shaped and cover bars 62 and 60 in between the lengths of chain 59, 61 and 67, 68 acts to prevent the vehicle being freed by simply moving apart the chains behind and then around the side of the wheel.

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Abstract

Appareil limitant le mouvement d'un véhicule à roues, comportant un cadre libre (10) positionné à proximité de la roue du véhicule. Des chaînes d'une longueur déterminée (16, 17) sont fixées au cadre (10), elles peuvent être étendues autour de la roue, ramenées et fixées au cadre (10) empêchant ainsi le mouvement de la roue. Un couvercle (40) s'adapte sur le cadre (10) afin d'empêcher l'accès à ce dernier (10) et la fixation des chaînes (16, 17) au cadre (10), ce qui empêche toute tentative d'altération ou de retrait non autorisé de l'appareil. Selon un mode de réalisation les chaînes (59, 61, 67, 68) sont reliées par des éléments rigides (62) empêchant le mouvement desdites chaînes au-delà d'une limite prédéterminée, augmentant ainsi la protection contre le retrait non autorisé de l'appareil. La sécurité empêchant le mouvement des chaînes au-delà de la limite prédéterminée est également accrue à l'aide d'un élément en forme de croix de chaînes (17) ou d'une barre rigide (66).
PCT/GB1991/000543 1990-04-07 1991-04-08 Moyen d'immobilisation de vehicule a roues WO1991015385A1 (fr)

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GB9007952.6 1990-04-07
GB9007952A GB2244247A (en) 1990-04-07 1990-04-07 Vehicle restraining device

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GB2291021A (en) * 1994-07-05 1996-01-17 Tony William Adams Wheel clamp
EP1101635A1 (fr) 1999-11-17 2001-05-23 Remorques Hubiere S.A Dispositif antivol à double action pour véhicules aptes à être attelés et remorques pourvues d'un tel dispositif

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GB2251416B (en) * 1991-01-05 1993-09-22 Lancashire Clamping Company Li Wheel clamps
GB2278326B (en) * 1993-05-27 1996-08-14 Atras Auto Co Ltd Vehicle detention device

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US3537548A (en) * 1968-08-27 1970-11-03 Intrasystems Security Associat Automobile impounding apparatus
US3695071A (en) * 1971-10-14 1972-10-03 Jon R West Vehicle wheel immobilizing apparatus
US3845643A (en) * 1973-11-09 1974-11-05 R Barrett Wheel locking device
EP0168067A1 (fr) * 1984-05-11 1986-01-15 Herman Strokap Dispositif pour bloquer une roue de véhicule

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US3581846A (en) * 1969-07-14 1971-06-01 Julian A Janus Safety locking block device for wheeled vehicles
GB2147556B (en) * 1983-10-07 1986-07-30 Rumble Clive St John Vehicle wheel clamping device

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US3537548A (en) * 1968-08-27 1970-11-03 Intrasystems Security Associat Automobile impounding apparatus
US3695071A (en) * 1971-10-14 1972-10-03 Jon R West Vehicle wheel immobilizing apparatus
US3845643A (en) * 1973-11-09 1974-11-05 R Barrett Wheel locking device
EP0168067A1 (fr) * 1984-05-11 1986-01-15 Herman Strokap Dispositif pour bloquer une roue de véhicule

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2291021A (en) * 1994-07-05 1996-01-17 Tony William Adams Wheel clamp
GB2291021B (en) * 1994-07-05 1998-03-25 Tony William Adams Improvements in or relating to wheel clamps
EP1101635A1 (fr) 1999-11-17 2001-05-23 Remorques Hubiere S.A Dispositif antivol à double action pour véhicules aptes à être attelés et remorques pourvues d'un tel dispositif

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