Denver Boot (1952)

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I thought I'd take another look at the "Denver boot," but I didn't see it in 
the Los Angeles Times.
 

(OED)
BOOT
    g. Short for Denver boot s.v. DENVER. U.S. 
 
  1968 Amer. City Apr. 146/1 The boot is a device that slips over the rim of 
a car's wheel so that it cannot be moved away. 1977 U.S. News & World Rep. 21 
Mar. 80/3 One Washington resident recently received her second boot and had to 
pay $400 for 26 tickets accumulated over seven months.
    
(OED)
DENVER
    The name of the city of Denver, Colorado, used attrib. as Denver boot, 
shoe, a kind of wheel clamp used to immobilize an illegally parked vehicle (app. 
first used in Denver); cf. BOOT n.36g. 
 
  1967 Daily Tel. 27 Oct. 22/3 An automatic wheel-locking device, called the 
Denver Shoe, which is to be used by police in Paris to ‘arrest’ vehicles left 
in streets where parking is not allowed. 1974 Ottawa Citizen 8 Oct. 45/1 The 
notice..said a large locking device had been attached to one of my wheels... 
This locking contraption is called a Denver Boot. 1977 U.S. News & World Rep. 
21 Mar. 80/1 The [wheel] locks are called ‘Denver boots’, after the city that 
introduced them in 1949. 1983 Daily Tel. 14 July 19/1 In the first eight weeks 
4,358 vehicles were clamped with the Denver shoe.

  
(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
Paris Clamps a $10 'Denver Boot' on Illegal Parkers
Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, 
N.Y.: Feb 3, 1968. p. 2 (1 page)     
        
Paris Police Use 'Denver Shoe'
The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973). Washington, D.C.: Feb 15, 
1968. p. D2 (1 page)     
 
CAR IMMOBILIZER GAINING RENOWN; ' Denver Boot' Used by Police to Thwart Fine 
Escapers 
Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, 
N.Y.: Apr 8, 1968. p. 47 (1 page)    
      
  
(TRADEMARKS)
Word Mark     DENVER BOOT   
Goods and Services  (ABANDONED) IC 012. US 019 021 023 031 035 044. G & S: 
wheelock device for automobiles. FIRST USE: 19520600. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 
19520600    
Mark Drawing Code   (1) TYPED DRAWING   
Serial Number   74586969    
Filing Date October 18, 1994    
Current Filing Basis    1A  
Original Filing Basis   1A  
Owner   (APPLICANT) Clancy Systems International, Inc. UNKNOWN 2250 S. Oneida 
#308 Denver COLORADO 80224  
Type of Mark    TRADEMARK   
Register    PRINCIPAL   
Live/Dead Indicator DEAD    
Abandonment Date    September 15, 1995