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Security system for bicycles, ski racks and coat racks

US4920334A · kind A · utility

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20References
7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 24, 1989
Grant dateApr 24, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 24, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62H2003/005
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A security system for bicycles, ski racks and coat racks which includes a control in which a user can place a specific code for the specific lock which is to be used after which a free end of the cable can be passed through the device to be secured such as a bicycle, coat or a pair of skis and then inserted into the receptacle which locks. The security system includes an alarm when the cable carries either an electrical, a fibre optic or a pneumatic line such that if the cable is severed by a thief that an alarm system will instantly be actuated so as to prevent the theft. The user can release the cable by entering the known code when the article is to be removed which allows the one end of the cable to be unlocked from its holding socket.

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