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US 4,068,898 AGranted
Wheel-balancing weight having recording surface
OwnerDonald E. Hansoninventor
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Abstract
A metallic weight used for balancing tires on wheel rims of motor vehicles configured in such a manner as to allow the recording thereon of the mileage and other pertinent data of the motor vehicle at the time the weight is installed on the wheel rim.
Claims2
A vehicle wheel-balance weight with a rectangular indentation having a base defining a recording surface;
- data on said recording surface setting forth the state of the vehicle at the time a tire is installed on said vehicle;
- means on said weight for adhering the same to said vehicle wheel;
- an adhesive tape to cover said recording surface to preserve data on the same during use of said wheel to which said weight is adhered;
- and a recess peripherally surrounding said indentation to define a shelf to which said tape is securable spaced above said recording surface.
1 more element
A vehicle wheel-balaancing weight with a rectangular indentation having a base defining a recording surface;
- data on said recording surface setting forth the state of the vehicle at the time a tire is installed on said vehicle;
- means on said weight for adhering the same to said vehicle wheel;
- and an adhesive tape to cover said recording surface to preserve data on the same during use of said wheel to which said weight is adhered, said adhesive tape including a central portion substantially coterminus with said rectangular indentation which is removable from the remainder of said tape to expose said recording surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.