Immobilizer device for a wheel
AssigneeMiti Manufacturing Company
InventorRobert A. Fulcher
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Abstract
An immobilizer device is provided for preventing the travel of a wheel, particularly the wheel of a vehicle. The immobilizer device utilizes an elongated pin to pass through a portion or aperture of the wheel, and the immobilizer device prevents travel of the wheel by acting as a chock. Some embodiments of the immobilizer device comprise an indexing feature to guide the elongated pin into an aperture and a receiver tube to guide the elongated pin into another aperture. Then the elongated pin may be placed in a locked position to secure the immobilizer device to the wheel.
Claims20
A system for immobilizing a wheel assembly, comprising:
- a wheel assembly having a wheel aperture;
- an immobilizer device, comprising:
- an outer arm having a distal end;
- an inner arm having a distal end, wherein said inner arm and said outer arm are substantially parallel;
- a first aperture positioned near said distal end of said outer arm;
- a second aperture positioned near said distal end of said inner arm, wherein said first aperture and said second aperture are substantially aligned along a common axis;
- an indexing feature positioned over said second aperture on an inner surface of said inner arm;
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- an elongated pin;
- wherein said elongated pin is configured to pass through said first aperture, pass through said wheel aperture, and contact said indexing feature, which guides said elongated pin into said second aperture, wherein said outer arm, said inner arm, and said elongated pin form a continuous structure through said wheel aperture of said wheel assembly.
A method of immobilizing a wheel assembly, comprising:
- providing a wheel assembly having a wheel aperture;
- providing an immobilizer device having an outer arm with a distal end and an inner arm with a distal end;
- passing an elongated pin through a receiver tube positioned on an outer surface of said outer arm;
- passing said elongated pin through a first aperture positioned proximate to said distal end of said outer arm;
- passing said elongated pin through said wheel aperture of said wheel assembly;
- passing said elongated pin into a second aperture positioned proximate to said distal end of said inner arm;
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- securing said elongated pin in said receiver tube such that said immobilizer device forms a perimeter through said wheel assembly.
An immobilizer device for immobilizing a wheel assembly, comprising:
- an outer arm having a distal end;
- a first aperture positioned near said distal end of said outer arm;
- a receiver tube positioned over said first aperture on an outer surface of said outer arm;
- an inner arm having a distal end, wherein said inner arm and said outer arm are substantially parallel;
- a second aperture positioned near said distal end of said inner arm;
- an indexing feature positioned over said second aperture on an inner surface of said inner arm, said indexing feature extending from said inner arm towards said outer arm;
- a cross arm interconnected to said outer arm and said inner arm, wherein said cross arm is substantially perpendicular to said outer arm and said inner arm, and wherein said cross arm forms a chock;
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- an elongated pin, wherein said elongated pin is configured to pass through said first aperture, pass through said wheel aperture, and contact said indexing feature, which guides said elongated pin into said second aperture, wherein said outer arm, said inner arm, said cross arm, and said elongated pin are configured to form a continuous ring through a wheel aperture of a wheel assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.