Wheel supporting tool and method for using the same
AssigneeSummit Tool Company
InventorRoger KLISKEY
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Abstract
A wheel supporting device for enabling the seating of bead of a tire concentrically on a wheel rim of a wheel and tire assembly when the assembly is in a vertical orientation. The device includes a main body member having a first end and a second end; a means for holding the device on a top of the tire, a means for engaging the device with an underside of the wheel rim, a means for adjusting the position of the engaging means, and a means for linking the engaging means with the adjusting means. The holding means is connected to the first end of the main body member, the engaging means is operatively connected to the second end of the main body member, and the adjusting means is operatively connected to the main body member.
Claims20
A wheel supporting device for enabling the seating of a bead of a tire concentrically on a wheel rim of a wheel and tire assembly when the assembly is in a vertical orientation, the device comprising:
- a. a main body member having a first end and a second end;
- b. a means for holding the device on a top of the tire, said holding means connected to the first end of the main body member;
- c. a means for engaging the device with an underside of the wheel rim, said engaging means operatively connected to the second end of the main body member;
- d. a means for adjusting the position of the engaging means, said adjusting means operatively connected to the main body member;
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- e. a means for linking the engaging means with the adjusting means.
A method for concentrically centering beads of a tire on a wheel rim of a wheel and tire assembly when the assembly is in a vertical orientation, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a wheel supporting device comprising:
- i. a main body member having a first end and a second end;
- ii. a means for holding the device on a top of the tire, said holding means connected to the first end of the main body member;
- iii. a means for engaging the device with an underside of the wheel rim, said engaging means operatively connected to the second end of the main body member;
- iv. a means for adjusting the position of the engaging means, said adjusting means operatively connected to the main body member;
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- v. a means for linking the engaging means with the adjusting means;
- b. placing the wheel supporting device in a position such that the holding means are positioned on the top of the tire and the engaging means are in a position adjacent the underside of the wheel rim;
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- c. adjusting the adjustment means such that the engaging means moves and engages the underside of the wheel rim so as to concentrically center the bead of the tire on the wheel rim.
A wheel supporting device for enabling the seating of a bead of a tire concentrically on a wheel rim of a wheel and tire assembly when the assembly is in a vertical orientation and placed within a tire cage, the device comprising:
- a. a main body member having a first end and a second end;
- b. a means for holding the device on a top of the tire cage, said holding means connected to the first end of the main body member;
- c. a means for engaging the device with an underside of the wheel rim, said engaging means operatively connected to the second end of the main body member;
- d. a means for adjusting the position of the engaging means, said adjusting means operatively connected to the main body member;
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- e. a means for linking the engaging means with the adjusting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.