Tire and wheel lift and rotational aligner
OwnerEdwin J. Dirnbeckinventor
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Abstract
A lift to facilitate changing of a tire and wheel assembly on an automobile, small truck or trailer in the field. The lift includes an elongated rod with a U-shaped socket having a slot and aligned flat to facilitate seating and pivoting of the socket on a lug bolt on an axle-spindle of the vehicle when passed through one of the bolt holes in the tire rim. A handle is provided on the opposite end of the elongated rod by which an operator may lift the tire using the lever principle while rotating the assembly such that the bolt holes in the rim align with the lug bolts. A slide on the elongated rod serves as a stop to control sliding of the tire and wheel assembly towards the operator during the lifting operation.
Claims6
A wheel lift and rotational aligner comprising an elongated rod with a socket with a U-shaped slot at a first rod end, said socket having smooth internal sidewalls and an internal diameter configured to accommodate a thread diameter of a lug bolt, said socket having an outside diameter greater than an outside diameter of the rod, said rod having a flat on the rod in alignment with the U-shaped slot in the socket and extending across a side of the socket to facilitate seating and pivoting of the socket on the lug bolt, a sleeve slidable on the elongated rod with a screw threadably carried in the sleeve that can be tightened to retain the sleeve along the rod as desired.
A wheel lift and rotational aligner comprising an elongated rod with a socket with a U-shaped slot at a first rod end and a handle at a second rod end, said socket having smooth internal sidewalls and an internal diameter configured to accommodate a thread diameter of a lug bolt, said socket having an outside diameter greater than an outside diameter of the rod, said rod having a flat on the rod in alignment with the U-shaped slot in the socket and extending across a side of the socket to facilitate seating and pivoting of the socket on the lug bolt, a sleeve slidable on the elongated rod with a thumb screw threadably carried in the sleeve that can be tightened to retain the sleeve along the rod as desired, said handle being cylindrical with a central bore for receipt of the second rod end of the elongated rod with a set screw for attaching the handle to the elongated rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.