Multi-odometer for vehicles

Claim 1

IN A VEHICLE HAVING A MAIN ODOMETER, DRIVING MEANS FOR THE MAIN ODOMETER, AND AN ELECTRICAL STARTER CIRCUIT PROVIDED WITH A MANUALLY OPERABLE STARTER SWITCH THEREIN FOR INITIATING THE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE; A MULTIODOMETER COMPRISING (A) A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENTLY OPERABLE REGISTER UNITS HAVING A NUMBER OF MOVABLE COUNTER MEMBERS, (B) DRIVEN MEANS OPERABLY CONNECTED TO THE DRIVING MEANS OF THE MAIN ODOMETER FOR SELECTIVELY OPERATING ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF REGISTER UNITS, (C) KEY-OPERATED LOCK SWITCH MEANS FOR RESPECTIVELY LOCKING SAID PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENTLY OPERABLE REGISTER UNITS AND COMPRISING (1) A LOCK ASSOCIATED WITH THE COUNTER MEMBERS OF EACH OF THE PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENTLY OPERABLE REGISTER UNITS AND MOVABLE TO UNLOCKED POSITION, (2) A SWITCH DISPOSED IN THE ELECTRICAL STARTER CIRCUIT AND OPERABLY CONNECTED TO SAID LOCK, AND (3) A KEY OPERABLE TO ROTATE SAID LOCK IN ONE DIRECTION TO UNLOCKED POSITION FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY CLOSING THE SAID SWITCH AND CONNECTING THE REGISTER UNIT CORRESPONDING THERETO TO SAID DRIVEN MEANS TO RENDER THE REGISTER UNIT CORRESPONDING THERETO OPERABLE AND OPERABLE TO ROTATE SAID LOCK IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO LOCKED POSITION FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY OPENING THE SAID SWITCH AND DISCONNECTING THE REGISTER UNIT CORRESPONDING THERETO FROM SAID DRIVEN MEANS TO RENDER THE REGISTER UNIT CORRESPONDING THERETO INOPERABLE; (D) SAID SWITCHES OF SAID KEY-OPERATED LOCK SWITCH MEANS BEING WIRED IN PARALLEL IN THE ELECTRICAL STARTER CIRCUIT FOR THE VEHICLE, AND (E) THE MOVEMENT OF ONE OF SAID LOCKS BY ITS RESPECTIVE KEY TO UNLOCKED POSITION SELECTIVELY CONNECTING SAID REGISTER UNIT CORRESPONDING THERETO TO SAID DRIVEN MEANS AND CLOSING THE SWITCH IN THE ELECTRICAL STARTER CIRCUIT OPERABLY CONNECTED TO SAID ONE LOCK FOR RENDERING THE VEHICLE OPERABLE UPON CLOSING OF THE MANUALLY OPERABLE STARTER SWITCH TO COMPLETE THE ELECTRICAL STARTER CIRCUIT, WHEREBY THE MOVABLE COUNTER MEMBERS OF SAID REGISTER UNIT SELECTIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID DRIVING MEANS DRIVEN IN A PREDETERMINED SEQUENCE DURING MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE WHILE THE COUNTER MEMBERS OF THE OTHER REGISTER UNITS ARE IDLE.