Pickup truck spare tire, jack and lug wrench holder
OwnerOscar L. Norrisinventor
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Abstract
An upright vertically extendable frame is provided including upper and lower portions. The lower portion includes widely spaced opposite end portions and the upper portion includes a central uppermost portion. The opposite end portions include depending feet adapted to rest upon spaced marginal portions of the flooring of a pickup truck load bed and the central uppermost portion includes an upwardly projecting abutment adapted to be engaged under the upper inwardly projecting ledge of the side wall of the associated pickup truck load bed. Finally, the vertical mid-portion of the frame includes clamp structure for clamping a vehicle wheel and tire assembly against one side of the frame.
Claims10
A spare tire bracket assembly comprising an upright frame including upper and lower portions, said lower portion including widely spaced opposite end portions, said upper portion including a central uppermost portion, said opposite end portions including widely spaced depending foot portions adapted to rest upon spaced marginal portions of the flooring of a pickup truck load bed, said central uppermost portion including an upwardly projecting abutment adapted to be engaged under the upper inwardly projecting ledge of a side wall of said load bed extending along said marginal portions for anchoring said bracket in said load bed, a vertical mid-portion of said frame including lockable clamp means adapted to clamp a vehicle wheel and tire against one side of said frame and means defining a horizontal recess which opens outwardly of said one side of said frame for receiving an elongated jack member therein, said clamp means being operative to clamp said tire against the opposite ends of said jack member to hold the latter, as well as said tire, tightly in position relative to said bracket assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.