Trailer theft deterrent device
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a security device to prevent trailer theft that attaches to the lug thread of a wheel hub to prevent wheel rotation or wheel mounting. The device includes an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder, a locking lug nut that screws onto the lug thread, and a lug nut key. The outer and inner cylinders rotate around and extend beyond the locking lug nut, utilizing a design that defeats many common methods for removing wheel locks, or requires specific tools that create considerable noise and time to defeat. An optional security bar can be engaged by removing two lug nuts to prevent wheel rotation. Also disclosed is an embodiment that prevents wheel installation on a bare wheel hub.
1. A security device to prevent unauthorized movement of a wheeled vehicle, said vehicle having removable wheels, each having a hub, a plurality of threaded lug bolts, a predetermined wheel radius, a wheel circumferential perimeter, and a plurality of wheel lug nut connectors, said security device comprising:
at least one locking assembly;
said at least one locking assembly having an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder, a locking lug nut and a lug nut key adapted to engage said locking lug nut;
said locking lug nut comprising an inner threading and an outside surface, wherein said locking lug nut is removably housed within said inner cylinder and said inner cylinder is removably housed within said outer cylinder, and wherein apertures in said outer and inner cylinders align to permit one of said threaded lug bolts to pass through said apertures and engage with said inner threading of said locking lug nut;
said outer and inner cylinders concentrically aligned and adapted to freely rotate about said locking lug nut outside surface;
an elongated security bar having two apertures disposed along a first end to allow penetration of two of said threaded lug bolts, and wherein said at least one locking assembly may engage with at least one of said threaded lug bolts while they extend through said security bar apertures;
a wheel hub support plate;
a vertical mounting bracket;
a ground support bracket;
said wheel hub support plate having a plurality of apertures to allow penetration of said threaded lug bolts and wherein said at least one locking assembly may engage with said threaded lug bolts while they extend through said wheel hub support plate apertures.
2. A device as in claim 1 , wherein said vertical mounting bracket further comprises a plurality of apertures to permit adjustment of the length of said vertical mounting bracket.
3. A device as in claim 1 , wherein said wheel hub support plate further comprises upstanding cylinders to shroud engagement between said at least one locking assembly and one of said threaded lug bolts.