Device for securing spare tires
OwnerRolla W. Barrinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for securing a spare tire is provided for use in the bed portion of a pick-up truck. A baseplate is secured to one of the vertical sidewalls of the truck bed. An extension member has a first end removably secured to the baseplate and extends therefrom. An antirotating member is fixedly secured to the extension member and includes a first portion extending substantially parallel with the extension member and also includes a second portion spatially interconnecting the first portion and the extension member. The extension member terminates at a threaded second end and includes a washer slidably mounted thereon, a nut threadedly engaged thereon and a bore formed transversely therethrough for accommodating the shackle portion of a padlock. A closed loop member is engaged with the shackle portion.
Claims12
Apparatus for securing a spare tire comprising:
- a baseplate;
- first elongated means threaded into and rotatable relative to the baseplate at a first end and extending therefrom terminating at a second end for extending through a lug hole of an associated spare tire;
- and
- second elongated means fixedly secured to the first elongated means including a portion extending substantially parallel with the first elongated means and through a hub hole of the spare tire for anti-rotating engagement with the hub upon rotation of the first elongated means.
In combination with the bed portion of a pickup truck including at least three fixed vertical sidewalls and a spare tire adjacent one of the sidewalls, an apparatus for securing the spare tire comprising:
- a baseplate secured to one of the sidewalls;
- first elongated means threaded into and rotatable relative to the baseplate at a first end and extending therefrom terminating at a second end for extending through a lug hole of the spare tire;
- and
- second elongated means fixedly secured to the first elongated means including a portion extending substantially parallel with the first elongated means and through a hub hole of the spare tire for anti-rotating engagement with the hub hole upon rotation of the first elongated means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.