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US 12,679,480 B2Granted
Wheel carrier
OwnerShane Robert Milesinventor
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Abstract
A wheel carrier for a vehicle, including a first component adapted to be secured on or to a vehicle a second component operatively connected to said first component for movement relative thereto from a stowed or upper position to an extended or lowered position and a third component operatively connected to said second component for movement relative thereto from a stowed or upper position to an extended or lowered position, said third component including means for mounting a spare wheel thereto and securing means for securing said third component in the stowed or upper position.
Claims16
A wheel carrier for a vehicle, including:
- a first component adapted to be secured on or to a vehicle, said first component including load support means for supporting a load thereon, said load support means including a plate having an upper face;
- a second component operatively connected to said first component for movement relative thereto about a generally horizontal first pivot axis from a stowed or upper position to an extended or lowered position;
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- a third component operatively connected to said second component for movement relative thereto about a generally horizontal second pivot axis from a stowed or upper position to an extended or lowered position, said third component including load transfer means and mounting means for mounting a spare wheel to said load transfer means, said load transfer means including a plate having a lower face, said lower face being adapted to engage with the upper face of the plate of the load support means of the first component;
- said second pivot axis being spaced from said first pivot axis and higher than said first pivot axis when said second component is in its stowed or upper position on a vehicle and said second pivot axis being lower than said first pivot axis when said second component is in its extended or lowered position;
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- securing means for securing said third component in the stowed or upper position, wherein said securing means is arranged to secure said third component to said first component in a manner whereby said load transfer means is substantially juxtaposed with said load support means of said first component such that the weight of the spare wheel is transferred directly to said load support means by engagement of the lower face of the plate of said load transfer means with the upper face of said load support means when the second component is in the stowed position.
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A wheel carrier including:
- a fixed mounting component adapted to be securely mounted to a vehicle, said fixed mounting component including a plate with an upper face adapted to receive thereon the weight of a spare wheel;
- a first pivotable component pivotally mounted at a proximal end to the fixed mounting component and having a distal end remote from the proximal end, and arranged to allow pivoting of the first pivotable component from a stowed position alongside the vehicle to a deployed position away from the vehicle;
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- a second pivotable component pivotally mounted to the distal end of the first pivotable component and including a mounting for releasably mounting a spare wheel thereto, the second pivotal component being adapted to pivot from a position alongside or adjacent the first pivotable component in the stowed position to a position away from and below the first pivotable component in the deployed position;
- and wherein said second pivotal component includes a plate with a lower face arranged to directly transfer the weight of the spare wheel mounted thereto to the fixed mounting component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.