Tire servicing cage
AssigneePro-Tote Systems, Inc.
InventorJames Gesto
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to tire servicing operations and, more specifically, to a tire servicing cage for maintaining, repairing, changing, and inflating tires. The servicing cage may include a frame assembly secured to a base plate. A counterweight assembly may be coupled to the frame assembly to assist with moving the cage from an open position to a closed position. Further, the base plate may include a post member having a pivoting head configured to receive a rim of a tire. Advantageously, the servicing cage may prevent debris from discharging outside of frame assembly and accommodate maintaining, repairing, changing, and inflating wheel assemblies of different diameters.
Claims18
A tire servicing cage, comprising:
- a frame assembly including a plurality of bars defining a top section, side sections, a front section, and a rear section;
- a locking mechanism configured to detachably secure said front section to said side sections, wherein said locking mechanism includes one or more jaws movable by a manual actuator, said actuator configured to transmit motion to the one or more jaws to facilitate securing or releasing said jaws to one or more pins extending outwardly from the frame assembly;
- a base plate secured to said frame assembly;
- a post member attached to and extending upwardly from said base plate, said post member including a pivotable head configured to receive a rim of a tire;
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- a counterweight assembly coupled to said top section of said frame assembly, wherein said top section includes one or more cavities configured to receive one or more legs of a tire bead seater, and wherein said counterweight assembly is configured to facilitate moving said frame assembly between a closed configuration and an open configuration.
A tire servicing cage, comprising:
- a frame assembly including a plurality of bars defining a top section, side sections, a front section, and a rear section;
- a locking mechanism configured to detachably secure said front section to said side sections, wherein said locking mechanism includes one or more jaws movable by a manual actuator, said actuator configured to transmit motion to the one or more jaws to facilitate securing or releasing said jaws to one or more pins extending outwardly from the frame assembly;
- a base plate secured to said frame assembly;
- a post member attached to and extending upwardly from said base plate, said post member including a pivotable head configured to receive a rim of a tire;
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- a counterweight assembly coupled to said top section of said frame assembly, wherein said top section includes one or more cavities configured to receive one or more legs of a tire bead seater, and wherein said counterweight assembly is configured to facilitate moving said frame assembly between a closed configuration and an open configuration and further including one or more biasing members, said biasing members are configured to provide an upward bias to facilitate moving said frame assembly to the closed configuration with minimum force.
A tire servicing cage, comprising:
- a frame assembly including a plurality of bars defining a top section, side sections, a front section, and a rear section;
- a base plate secured to said frame assembly;
- a post member attached to and extending upwardly from said base plate, said post member including a pivotable head configured to receive a rim of a tire;
- a counterweight assembly coupled to said top section of said frame assembly, wherein said counterweight assembly configured to facilitate moving said frame assembly between a closed configuration and an open configuration;
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- a tire bead seater removably coupled to said frame assembly, wherein said top section includes one or more cavities configured to receive one or more legs of said tire bead seater.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.