US 12,240,282 B2
Trailer theft lock
Rondoyle Glenn, Hamtramck, MI (US)
Filed by Rondoyle Glenn, Hamtramck, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/482,857.
Application 18/482,857 is a continuation of application No. 17/150,605, filed on Jan. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,912,081.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/961,312, filed on Jan. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0181821 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60D 1/60 (2006.01); B60D 1/04 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01)
CPC B60D 1/60 (2013.01) [B60D 1/04 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lunette ring lock for surrounding a lunette ring hitch, the lunette ring hitch coupling to a mounting bracket on a trailer, the lunette ring lock comprises:
a lunette ring enclosure having a top plate coupled to a bottom plate by a pair of opposing side walls along a width and a front plate having a pair of long edges along its length and a pair of side edges, the front plate is coupled between the top place and bottom plates along the pair of long edges and coupled to the pair of opposing sidewalls along the side edges;
a pair of matching notches including a top notch in the top plate and a bottom notch the bottom plate centered along a back edge for surrounding a mounting plate to the lunette ring;
a locking pin for passing through a through hole in the bottom plate and a through hole in the top plate after passing through the lunette ring enclosure, the locking pin comprises a lock connecting top element, a bottom coupling surface element, and a central shaft element; and
wherein the lock connecting top element engages a puck lock to retain the locking pin to the lunette ring lock between the through hole in the bottom plate and the through hole in the top plate.