Tire carriers for use with vehicles
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsWilliam Reese Cherry, Matt B. Rutman, Jared Shroyer
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Abstract
Tire carriers for use with vehicles are disclosed herein. An example tire carrier, includes a frame including telescopically coupled tubes; and a lock carried by one of the tubes, the lock structured to mechanically engage another one of the tubes to fix the tubes relative to one another to prevent the tire carrier from inadvertently moving toward a lowered position, the lock structured to reduce the mechanical engagement with the other one of the tubes to enable the tire carrier to be moved toward a raised position.
Claims20
A tire carrier, comprising:
- a frame including telescopically coupled tubes;
- and
- a lock carried by one of the tubes, the lock structured to mechanically engage another one of the tubes to fix the tubes relative to one another to prevent the tire carrier from inadvertently moving toward a lowered position, the lock structured to reduce the mechanical engagement with the other one of the tubes to enable the tire carrier to be moved toward a raised position.
A tire carrier, comprising:
- telescopically coupled tubes;
- and
- means for selectively engaging one of the tubes to prevent the tire carrier from inadvertently moving toward a lowered position.
A tire carrier, comprising:
- a frame including first and second legs, the first and second legs movable between a contracted position in which the frame is in a raised position and an expanded position in which the frame is in a lowered position;
- and
- a lock carried at an end of the first leg, the lock structured to selectively engage the second leg to prevent the frame from inadvertently moving toward the expanded position, the lock structured to reduce the engagement with the second leg when the frame is moving toward the contracted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.