Spare tire mount for motor vehicle
AssigneeNAADE, Inc.
InventorTimothy J. Wymore
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Abstract
A spare tire mount for the rear of a motor vehicle has a first outer support frame with a second, inner support frame nested inside and releasably connected to the first frame. Both frames extend laterally across the back of the vehicle and extend upward at an angle. Both frames rotate about a vertical joint at the rear bumper so the frames rotate toward and away from the vehicle. The second frame holds the spare tire and rotates about a horizontal axis. A wire rope winds around a reel on the first frame with the rope connected to the second frame to raise and lower the second frame and tire as they rotate about the first horizontal axis—toward and away from the first frame and ground. The reel is rotated by a worm screw and worm wheel.
Claims2
A spare tire mounting mechanism for the rear of a motor vehicle having a rear door hinged at a first side of the vehicle to rotate about a first vertical axis, the spare tire mounting mechanism comprising:
- a first support frame having proximal and distal ends with a base at the proximal end, the base having opposing first and second ends with a first rotating joint at the first end rotating about a second vertical axis and a second rotating joint at the second end rotating about a first horizontal axis, the second vertical axis being offset from the first vertical axis during use, the distal end of the first support frame extending upward from the second end of the base, the first and second ends of the base being offset from each other in the horizontal plane;
- a second support frame having proximal and distal ends with its proximal end rotatably connected to the second rotating joint and rotating about the first horizontal axis, the distal end of the second support frame having a tire mount with a plurality of bolts located to engage the mounting holes of a vehicle wheel with the bolts centered around and parallel to a second horizontal axis parallel to and offset from the first horizontal axis, the second support frame being below the first support frame for a major portion of a length of the second support frame, the second support frame rotating about the first horizontal axis towards and away from the first support frame in a vertical plane orthogonal to the first horizontal axis.
2-20. (canceled)
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