Design of Electronic Vehicle Anti-theft Gadget

Um, a great little simple touch-controlled switch, but exactly how does this stops somebody pinching your car seems to have been omitted....

geoff

It just connects to the starting solenoid like any other kill switch. The schematic shows it:

And don't forget to lick your fingers!

Although why he wasted money on two patents is beyond me.

Dave.

Well I knew that - but given at the audience that this appears aimed at, is a glaring omission !

If it is indeed your finger that you are palnning to operate it with ....

I didn't think you could patent something so generic and obvious.

geoff

You usually can't, but you can easily patent your particular implementation of it. Then of course it's trivally easy for anyone to get around your patent. And if you want to protect it, you'd better have really really deep pockets.

Of course, Don Lancasters classic must get an airing:

Dave.