Wheel rim stacking device

Abstract

A wheel rim stacking apparatus to stack at least two wheel rims in a co axial and vertical relationship. The apparatus including an annular flange including an inwardly directed substantially cylindrical shaped wall of a diameter substantially commensurate with the outside diameter of the bead of a the wheel rim to allow a the wheel rim to be located with the cylindrical wall to be located on the outside thereof, the cylindrical wall having an upper edge and a lower edge. The annular flange including therefrom a radially inwardly extending landing web positioned intermediate of the upper and lower edge of the cylindrical wall, the landing web presenting (a) an upwardly facing surface by which a lower positioned bead of a the wheel rim can engage to provide a vertical support to an upper more of the wheel rims and (b) lower surface to locate on top of the upper positioned bead of an adjacent lower of the wheel rims. The annular flange having disposed at its periphery at least one means to lock the apparatus with a like means to lock of a like stacking apparatus positioned co planar and adjacent thereto in order to allow two or more adjacent stacks of apparatus supported wheel rims to depend on each other for lateral stack support.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.