Tire manipulator and personnel safety device
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsKarl James Bauer, Bradley Gayle Ethington
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Abstract
A tire manipulator includes a base, first and second extensions coupled to the base and configured to support a tire, each of the first and second extensions including a first end coupled to the base and a second end configured to support the tire, and first and second supports movably coupled to the first and second extensions, respectively, the first and second supports being disposed between the first and second end of each of the first and second extensions. The first and second supports may be positionable to prevent the tire from rotating relative to the first and second extensions toward the base.
Claims20
A tire manipulator comprising:
- a base;
- first and second extensions coupled to the base and configured to support a tire, each of the first and second extensions including a first end coupled to the base and a second end configured to support the tire;
- and
- first and second supports movably coupled to the first and second extensions, respectively, the first and second supports being disposed between the first and second end of each of the first and second extensions;
- wherein the first and second supports are positionable to prevent the tire from rotating relative to the first and second extensions toward the base.
A tire manipulator comprising:
- a base;
- and
- first and second extensions coupled to the base and configured to support a tire, the tire having a treaded portion and a sidewall extending from the treaded portion, each of the first and second extensions including:
- an arm member coupled to the base;
- a hand member coupled to the arm member;
- a clamping member extending from the hand member and configured to engage the treaded portion of the tire;
- and
- a fall-back support coupled to the hand member and configurable to extend from the hand member to engage the sidewall and prevent rotation of the tire toward the base.
A maintenance vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- and
- a tire manipulator coupled to the vehicle body and configured to manipulate a tire, the tire manipulator including:
- a base portion;
- a pair of extensions extending from the base portion, each extension including a gripping surface configured to engage a surface of the tire;
- and
- a pair of fall-back supports disposed between the base portion and the tire and positionable to prevent the tire from rotating toward the base portion in the event of slippage between the gripping surfaces and the surface of the tire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.