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US 2019/0100256 A1Published application
Tire carrier and vehicle lift apparatus
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsWilliam Reese Cherry, Peter Simeon Lazarevski
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Abstract
A tire carrier and vehicle lift apparatus is disclosed. A scissor jack includes a first bracket fixed to the jack, the first bracket to removably mount the jack to a vehicle. The apparatus also includes a second bracket fixed to the jack opposite the first bracket, the second bracket to hold a wheel for the vehicle, wherein operation of the jack while the bracket is mounted to the vehicle is to lower the wheel toward the ground.
Claims21
A scissor jack, comprising:
- a first bracket fixed to the jack, the first bracket to removably mount the jack to a vehicle;
- and
- a second bracket fixed to the jack opposite the first bracket, the second bracket to hold a wheel for the vehicle, wherein operation of the jack while the first bracket is mounted to the vehicle is to lower the wheel toward the ground.
A scissor jack, comprising:
- first and second arms pivotably coupled to a head portion;
- a mounting plate fixed to the head portion and configured to be mounted to a vehicle body;
- and
- third and fourth arms pivotably coupled to a foot portion, the foot portion to removably hold a vehicle wheel.
1 more element
A scissor jack, comprising:
- means for mounting the jack to a body of a vehicle, the means for mounting including a means for extending the jack outward from the body of the vehicle;
- and
- means for removably holding a wheel of the vehicle while the jack is mounted to the body of the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.