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US 3,940,959 AGranted
Spare tire lock
OwnerEdward J. Anderson, Franklin E. Hinzeinventors
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Abstract
A locking device for spare tires which includes a specially formed mounting post for the tire, a base plate for the post, a locking disk engaging the tire and a lock fitted on the post to hold the disc and tire securely.
Claims8
A combination spare tire, wheel and lock including:
- a padlock with a shackle;
- a mounting post for receiving a spare tire, said post having a base end for securing it and a free end having an adjacent circumferential groove adapted to receive and enclose said padlock shackle;
- and a mounting plate having a hole smaller than said padlock, but large enough to receive said mounting post;
- wherein a spare tire on a wheel hub secured by said lock is axially mounted on said post inverted from a conventional mounting so that its most exterior hub portion is adjacent the base end of said post, said mounting plate is on said post adjacent to said spare tire and said padlock with its shackle are locked into said post groove over said mounting plate close enough together that no entry of cutting tools is possible between the aforementioned elements.
1 more element
A spare tire lock as defined in claim 5 wherein said wing sections are attached by raised connecting sections on opposite ends of a center section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.