ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,245, issued on Oct. 28.
"Tamper deterrent attachment for external door locks on vehicles" was invented by Vincent A Dobbins (Glen Burnie, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tamper deterrent attachment for external door locks like a puck lock on vehicles, comprising a set of plastic accessories with molded wire conductors placed within proximity of the door brackets of a vehicle such as a truck or a van with the wire conductors of the accessories connected to the reed switches next to the door brackets and the wire conductors on the accessories also connected to a wired or wireless alarm within the vehicle. If an attempt is made to ...