Vehicle wheel changing system
OwnerLinda K. Hoover, Kenneth R. Westcottinventors
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Abstract
A multi-purpose tool for removing and attaching vehicle wheels. The tool comprises parts, which may be combined to make components. In a first aspect of the invention the lifting component comprises a handle and a base plate, which may be used to lift, lower, position and transport a wheel; one variant of the base plate having a wheel or roller. In a second aspect of the invention a tool for removing and replacing a hubcap is made from a portion of the handle. In a third aspect of the invention a lug removal component is either provided as a novel lug wrench or may be made from the novel lug wrench combined with a portion of the handle.
Claims39
A tool for changing a vehicle wheel, the tool comprising:
- a lever surface having a distal end and a proximal end, having a portion acting as a fulcrum, wherein the distal end engages a portion of the wheel's lower road surface, and;
- a lever, attached to the lever surface, wherein the lever may be removed;
- whereby a user of the tool operates the lever and lifts or lowers the wheel.
A vehicle wheel changing tool comprising a lifting component for lifting and holding the wheel, wherein the lifting component comprises a lever configured to separate into a first part and a second part, the second part is a tool for removing and replacing a hub cap.
A tool for a user to lift, hold and remove a vehicle wheel, the tool comprising:
- a lifter having a proximal end, a fulcrum and a distal end that engages the road surface of the wheel, and;
- a lever received by the proximal end, the lever operated by the user to lift and hold the wheel, wherein the lever may be detached.
A tool for removing a vehicle wheel, the tool comprising a lug wrench and a bar separable into two parts, wherein the lug wrench is configured to receive the bar first part as a lever to operate the lug wrench.
A device for detaching and re-attaching a wheel with a hubcap to a vehicle, the device comprising:
- a lug wrench adapted to receive and to be operated by a lever to remove the wheel lug nuts;
- a bar separable into two parts, the first part a lever to operate the lug wrench, the second part having a pry to pry loose the hubcap and a mallet to hammer the hubcap to re-attach the hubcap to the wheel, and;
- a wheel lifter, the lifter adapted to receive and to be operated by the bar attached to the proximal end of the lifter, the distal end of the lifter engaging the road surface of the wheel, whereby the wheel is lifted.
A device for removing a vehicle wheel attached by lug nuts, the wheel having a wheel cover, the device comprising:
- an elongated member comprising a separable first part and a second part,
- wherein the first part comprising a lever and the second part has a pry for prying the wheel cover, and;
- a lug wrench for removing lug nuts, the lug wrench adapted to receive and to be operated by the lever.
A device for removing and attaching a vehicle wheel attached by lug nuts, the wheel having a wheel cover, the device comprising:
- an elongated member comprising a separable first part and a second part,
- wherein the first part comprising a lever and the second part has a pry for prying the wheel cover and further comprises a mallet for striking and attaching the wheel cover, and;
- a lug wrench for removing lug nuts, the lug wrench adapted to receive and to be operated by the lever.
A lug wrench comprising four mutually orthogonal arms positioned in a plane, wherein two opposing arms are each configured with a female adaptor, a third arm is made with a hand grip, and the arm opposing the arm having the hand grip is made with a male adapter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.