Dual wheels
AssigneeW. R. Grace & Co.
InventorsMerlyn Ralph Reppert, James Albert Leslie
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Abstract
Dual wheels for campers, autos, and the like light vehicles to be used in place of a single standard wheel are provided. The arrangement includes an inner wheel which has a portion to be attached to the standard studs on the vehicle wheel hub, and another portion carrying a similar set of studs upon which a second wheel can be mounted outboard of the inner wheel.
Claims10
An inner wheel for use with dual vehicle wheels comprising a tire rim and wheel center, said rim having a drop center portion defining a shallow side of said rim, a single member integrally mounted on said inner wheel having a radially extending wall portion located in spaced relation to a middle portion of said inner wheel center, said radially extending wall portion being formed with a set of openings to receive the wheel mounting studs on a vehicle hub, and nuts on said studs for securing said inner wheel via said radially extending wall portion to said vehicle hub, said middle portion being provided with a set of openings equal in number to and aligned with said set of openings in said member;
- whereby access for a tool may be had through said inner wheel center openings to said nuts securing said inner wheel on the vehicle hub studs;
- means for mounting an outer wheel on said inner wheel comprising a set of wheel mounting studs on said inner wheel middle portion, and said wheel mounting studs on said inner wheel being equal in number to and spaced one between each two openings of said set of openings in said middle portion.
Dual vehicle wheels comprising an inner wheel and an outer wheel each comprising a tire rim and a wheel center, said tire rims being similar to each other, each of said tire rims comprising a drop center portion defining a shallow side of said rim, said inner wheel comprising a member joined to the hub side of said inner wheel center and comprising a radially disposed wall portion located in inwardly spaced relation to the middle portion of said inner wheel center, said radially disposed wall portion being formed with a set of openings to receive the wheel mounting studs on a vehicle hub and nuts on said studs for securing said inner wheel via said radially extending wall portion to said vehicle hub, said inner wheel center middle portion being provided with a set of openings equal in number to and aligned with said set of openings in said radially disposed wall portion, whereby tool access may be had through said openings in said inner wheel center to said nuts on the vehicle hub studs;
- a set of studs on said inner wheel center extending outwardly thereof for mounting said outer wheel on said inner wheel, and said outer wheel mounting studs on said inner wheel being equal in number to and spaced one between each two openings of said set of openings in said inner wheel center.
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