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A security device can be secured to a pedal vehicle to prevent the vehicle being pedalled. The security device includes a receiving means and a securing means. The receiving means may include a through-hole means for receiving part of a frame and a pedal crank arm of the vehicle and may have an open

A security device can be secured to a pedal vehicle to prevent the vehicle being pedalled. The security device includes a receiving means and a securing means. The receiving means may include a through-hole means for receiving part of a frame and a pedal crank arm of the vehicle and may have an open configuration in which the frame part and a part of the crank can be placed in the through-hole means, and a closed configuration in which a frame part and crank arm are held in the through-hole means against relative movement therebetween.

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1. A security device for securing to a pedal vehicle to prevent the vehicle being pedaled, the device having: receiving means comprising: a structure including a first bracket part and a second bracket part, the structure having a through-hole means for receiving a frame, a pedal crank arm and a ped

1. A security device for securing to a pedal vehicle to prevent the vehicle being pedaled, the device having: receiving means comprising: a structure including a first bracket part and a second bracket part, the structure having a through-hole means for receiving a frame, a pedal crank arm and a pedal axle, the through-hole means including;a first opening having a first bracket part and configured for receiving a portion of the pedal crank arm therein;a second opening having a second bracket part and configured for receiving a portion of the frame of the vehicle therein; anda third opening substantially perpendicular to the first opening and the second opening and configured to receive the pedal axle when the pedal crank arm is received in the first opening; and a link-structure configured to link the parts of the structure having the through-hole means,wherein the receiving means has an open configuration in which the frame part, the pedal crank arm and the pedal axle can be placed in said through-hole means, anda closed configuration in which the frame part, the pedal crank arm and the pedal axle are held in the through-hole means against relative movement therebetween; andsecuring means for releasably securing the receiving means in the closed configuration;wherein the link-structure is defined by at least one of the first bracket part and the second bracket part and is arranged to separate the first opening from the second opening in the closed configuration. 2. A security device according to claim 1, wherein the first opening and the second opening are configured in opposition. 3. A security device according to claim 1, wherein the third opening is disposed adjacent the first opening. 4. A security device according to claim 1, wherein the receiving means has a body and the through-hole means having limbs extending from the body. 5. A security device according to claim 1, wherein the receiving means comprises a dividing part separating the first and second openings. 6. A security device according to claim 1, wherein the securing means is movably connected to the device and is configured to releasably secure the pedal crank arm in the first opening and the frame in the second opening. 7. A security device according to claim 1, wherein the device comprises a body and the first and second openings have limbs extending from the body. 8. A security device according to claim 7, wherein one of the limbs is a common limb arranged to divide the first opening and the second opening. 9. A security device according to claim 1, wherein the first opening, the second opening and the third opening are defined by at least four limbs extending from the body, the limbs including: a first limb and a second limb, arranged to define the first opening and the second opening; a common-limb, arranged between the first limb and the second limb to form a barrier between the first opening and the second opening; and an axle-limb, arranged to define the third opening and configured to receive the pedal axle such that the pedal axle, pedal crank arm and the frame of the vehicle can be releasably secured within the device. 10. A security device according to claim 1, wherein the securing means is movably connected to a limb. 11. A security device according to claim 8, wherein the securing means is movably connected to a limb that is positioned between the first opening and the second opening. 12. A security device according to claim 1, wherein the device has a body, and the securing means is rotatably connected to the device about an axis that is substantially perpendicular to a plane defined by the body. 13. A security device according to claim 12, wherein the securing means is a bar, and the bar is connected to the device by a pin, the pin being configured to extend, substantially perpendicularly to the bar and the body, from the bar and into an aperture in a limb, such that the bar is rotatable about an axis defined by the pin and movable with respect to the pin. 14. A security device according to claim 1, wherein the securing means comprises a closure or bar depending from the link-structure and being configured to be movable between the open configuration and the closed configuration of the device.