Tire spiker with extendable handle
AssigneeChris Ingraffia
InventorChris Ingraffia
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Abstract
The tire spiker with an extendable handle may comprise a pair of spike portions pivotally connected by a spring loaded hinge adapted to hold the spike portions in a deployed U-Shaped configuration to be deployed in front of and behind a tire in a traffic stop. An extendable handle on the frame may have a release button adapted to release a latch holding the spike portions together in a carry configuration. The spring loaded hinge urges the spike portions in a spaced, parallel orientation for surrounding a tire in a deployed configuration. The tire spiker with extendable handle is moved to a position whereby the two spike portions are in front of and behind a tire. The spike portions have upward oriented spikes adapted to puncture the tire if the tire rolls forward or backwards.
Claims14
A tire spiker comprising:
- a frame comprising a first and second spacer portion and a latch, the first spacer portion comprising a first top side, a first hinge end and a first spike end, the second spacer portion comprising a second top side, a second hinge end and a second spike end, the first hinge end pivotally attached to the second hinge end;
- a first and second spike portion, the first spike portion comprising a first spike side, a first spacer end and a first distal end, the second spike portion comprising a second spike side, a second spacer end and a second distal end, the first spacer end attached to the first spike end, the second spike end attached to the second spacer end, a first spike chamber in the first spike portion, the first spike chamber opening on the first spike side, a second spike chamber in the second spike portion, the second spike chamber opening in the second spike side;
- a hinge comprising a first end and a second end, the first end on the first hinge end, the second end on the second hinge end whereby the first and second spacer portions are movable from an L-shaped carry configuration to a U-shaped deployed configuration;
- a latch on the frame, the latch comprising a first latch portion on the first spacer portion and a second latch portion on the second spacer portion, the first latch portion releasably attached to the second latch portion to hold the frame in the carry configuration;
- a first spike and a second spike, the first spike in the first spike portion and the second spike in the second spike portion, the first and second spikes each comprising a tip, the first spike disposed in a generally perpendicular orientation to and extending from the first spike side, the first spike tip spaced from the first spike side, the second spike disposed in a generally perpendicular orientation to and extending from the second spike side, the second spike tip spaced from the second spike side, the first spike disposed in the second spike chamber in the carry configuration, the second spike chamber adapted to receive the first spike, the second spike disposed in the first spike chamber, the second spike chamber adapted to receive the first spike;
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- a handle, the handle comprising a first section, a grip and a release button, the first section on the frame, the grip on the first section in spaced relation to the frame, the release button on the handle, the release button connected to the latch, the release button adapted to disengage the latch thereby disconnecting the first spacer portion from the second spacer portion.
A tire spiker comprising:
- a frame comprising a first and second spacer portion, the first spacer portion comprising a first top side, a first hinge end and a first spike end, the second spacer portion comprising a second top side, a second hinge end and a second spike end, the first hinge end pivotally attached to the second hinge end whereby the first and second spacer portions are movable from a carry configuration to a deployed configuration;
- a first and second spike portion, the first spike portion comprising a first spike side, a first spacer end and a first distal end, the second spike portion comprising a second spike side, a second spacer end and a second distal end, the first spacer end on the first spike end, the second spike end on the second spacer end, a plurality of first spike chambers in the first spike portion, each of the plurality of first spike chambers opening on the first spike side, a plurality of second spike chambers in the second spike portion, each of the of the plurality of second spike chambers opening in the second spike side;
- a plurality of first spikes and a plurality of second spikes, each one of the plurality of first and second spikes comprising a tip, each one of the plurality of first spikes attached to and extending from the first spike side, each one of the plurality of first spikes generally perpendicular to the first spike side, the tip of each one of the plurality of first spikes spaced from the first spike side, each one of the plurality of second spikes attached to and extending from the second spike side, each one of the plurality of second spikes generally perpendicular to the second spike side, the tip of each of the plurality of second spikes spaced from the second spike side whereby each one of the plurality of first and second spike tips are exposed in the U-shaped deployed configuration, each one of the plurality of first spike chambers adapted to removably receive one of the plurality of second spikes, each one of the plurality of second spike chambers adapted to removably receive one of the plurality of first spikes whereby each one of the plurality of first and second spike tips are in a respective spike chamber in the carry configuration;
- a latch, the latch adapted to hold the tire spiker in the L-shaped carry configuration;
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- a handle on the frame, the handle comprising an extendable shaft, a grip and a release button, the extendable shaft comprising a first section attached to the frame, the second section attached to the grip, the grip disposed in spaced relation to the frame, the release button on the handle, the release button attached to the latch.
A tire spiker comprising a frame and a handle, the frame comprising a first spike portion, a second spike portion and a hinge, the first spike portion comprising a first spike side, the first spike side comprising a plurality of first spikes extending from the first spike side and a plurality of first spike chambers, each of the first spike chambers having an opening on the first spike side, the second spike portion comprising a second spike side, the second spike side comprising a plurality of second spikes extending from the second spike side and a plurality of second spike chambers, each of the second spike chambers having an opening on the second spike side, the hinge connected to the first spike portion and the second spike portion whereby the frame is movable from a deployed configuration having the first spike portion in spaced relation to the second spike portion, to a carry configuration having the first spike portion on the second spike portion and each one of the plurality of first spikes disposed in one of the plurality of second spike chambers and each one of the plurality of second spikes disposed in one of the plurality of first spike chambers;
- a latch on the frame, the latch adapted to removably attach the first spike portion to the second spike portion having each spike in a respective chamber;
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- a handle, the handle comprising a first section, a second section, a release button, the first section on the frame the second section on the first section, the grip on the second section spaced from the frame, the release button on the handle, the release button attached to the latch, the release button adapted to engage the latch to disconnect the first spike portion from the second spike portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.