Jack C Brown

US Patent:

40941736, Jun 13, 1978

Filed:

Mar 9, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/775712

Inventors:

Jack H. Brown - Poway CA

International Classification:

E05B 6512

US Classification:

70237

Abstract:

A vehicle lock for releasably locking an engine block of a motor vehicle to an abutting transmission wherein the transmission housing has a plurality of bolt holes disposed in the peripheral portion thereof and the engine block has a plurality of registered bolt holes in marginal flanges integral with the engine block. A bolt having a head portion on one end and a threaded portion on its other end is received in one of said engine block and transmission housing registered bolt holes and has a length projecting therefrom. The projecting threaded end of the bolt is inserted into an aperture in the closed bottom end of a cup member that has an upwardly extending cylindrical wall and an open top. A nut is threadably received on the threaded end portion of the bolt and the nut is disposed within the cup member and spaced from its open end. Spaced inwardly from the open end of the cup are a pair of opposed apertures and a shackle of a padlock passes therethrough them.

US Patent:

50162845, May 21, 1991

Filed:

Jun 8, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/534939

Inventors:

Jack E. Brown - Marietta GA

International Classification:

A41D 102
A41D 106
E05B 6900

US Classification:

2 69

Abstract:

The present invention relates to an improved locking arrangement for clothing. In one aspect of the invention, a garment includes an eyelet operatively associated with a major portion of the garment. An elongated locking device, such as a lockable cable, is passed through the eyelet to secure the garment to a stationary object. In a second embodiment of the invention, a garment includes a length of cable attached to a major portion of the garment along a substantial length of the cable. The cable has a free end operatively associated with a device for locking the cable to a stationary object to secure the garment against theft.