# US 2016/0257544 A1 · Apparatus to extract foreign objects from a tire tread

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- Number: US 2016/0257544 A1
- Document ID: US20160257544A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/640,691
- Filed: 2015-03-06
- Published: 2016-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2015-03-06
- Inventors: SKIP A LEI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160257544A1

## CPC

- B60C 25/16: {Tools for repairing damaged tyres}
- B60C: VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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; and
(c) a handle, wherein the handle is integrated to the shaft at the end of the shaft opposite the hook end of the shaft.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hook has an angle formed between the elongated shaft and the hook that is less than 90 degrees.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, further having a tire depth indicator formed on an end of the apparatus.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the tire depth indicator is formed on the hook end of the apparatus.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the handle has a means to attach the apparatus to a key chain.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the means to attach the apparatus to a key chain is an opening formed through the handle.

### Claim 7

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; and
(d) a handle, wherein the handle is integrated to the shaft at the end of the shaft opposite the hook end of the shaft.