Apparatus to extract foreign objects from a tire tread
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Abstract
An apparatus for removing a foreign object, such as a rock, from a tire tread consists of an elongated, shaft member with a hook member on one end and an integrated handle at the other end with means to attach the apparatus to a key chain. Inserting the hooked end of the apparatus into a tire tread and manually maneuvering the hook under the foreign object and pulling outward on the handle allows the hook portion of the apparatus to remove the foreign object from a tire tread.
Claims7
Apparatus for removing a foreign object from a tire tread, comprising:
- (a) an elongated shaft;
- (b) the elongated shaft having a portion substantially formed as a hook at one end;
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- (c) a handle, wherein the handle is integrated to the shaft at the end of the shaft opposite the hook end of the shaft.
Apparatus, in the shape and size of a standard key, for removing a foreign object from a tire tread, comprising:
- (a) an elongated shaft;
- (b) the elongated shaft having a portion substantially formed as a hook at one end;
- (c) a tire depth indicator formed in the hook end of the apparatus;
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- (d) a handle, wherein the handle is integrated to the shaft at the end of the shaft opposite the hook end of the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.