Tire rim protector for cleaning and applying a liquid protectant to tires
OwnerErnie A. Moreno, Ray D. Morenoinventors
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Abstract
A tire rim protector for masking the tire rim while applying a liquid protectant to the rubber portion of the tire. The protector has a handle for maneuvering it and maintaining it in place while applying the protectant. A holder for a protectant applicator may be included on the outer surface of the protector, and a protectant applicator may be included within the holder.
Claims15
A tire rim protector for masking a tire rim while cleaning or applying a liquid protectant to the rubber portion of a tire, comprising:
- a hollow member, said member being defined by thin walls having an outer surface and defining an inner space therewithin;
- a first opening formed in said walls, said opening being circular and having an outer diameter that is slightly larger than the diameter of the tire rim which said member is designed to mask;
- a handle being engaged with said outer surface of said walls and disposed to facilitate the gripping and maneuvering of said member;
- said walls of said member being formed in a frustro-conical shape such that a first portion of said walls is conically shaped and a second portion of said walls is disk shaped and wherein said handle is engagably disposed upon said disk-shaped portion;
- said frustro-conically-shaped member including an outer substantially conically-shaped portion formed for engaging said tire rim and an inner conically-shaped portion, and wherein said outer portion is formed having a more acute apex angle than the apex angle of said inner portion;
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- an applicator holder means being fixedly engaged to the outer surface of said member and an applicator being removably engagable within said holder.
A tire rim protector for masking a tire rim while cleaning or applying a liquid protectant to the rubber portion of a tire, comprising:
- a hollow member, said member being defined by thin walls having an outer surface and defining an inner space therewithin;
- a first opening formed in said walls, said opening being circular and having an outer diameter that is slightly larger than the diameter of the tire rim which said member is designed to mask;
- a handle being engaged with said outer surface of said walls and disposed to facilitate the gripping and maneuvering of said member;
- said walls of said member being formed in a cylindrical shape such that a first portion of said walls is shaped as a hollow cylinder and wherein said first opening is formed in one end of said cylinder, perpendicular to the axis of said cylinder, said walls also having a second disk-shaped portion jointed to said cylindrically-shaped first portion;
- and wherein said handle is engagably disposed upon said disk-shaped portion;
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- an applicator holder means being fixedly engaged to the outer surface of said member and an applicator being removably engagable within said holder.
A tire rim protector for masking a tire rim while cleaning or applying a liquid protectant to the rubber portion of a tire, comprising:
- a hollow member, said member being defined by thin walls having an outer surface and defining an inner space therewithin;
- a first opening formed in said walls, said opening being circular and having an outer diameter that is slightly larger than the diameter of the tire rim which said member is designed to mask;
- a handle being engaged with said outer surface of said walls and disposed to facilitate the gripping and maneuvering of said member;
- said walls of said member being conically shaped, such that said walls form an apex of said conical shape and said first opening is disposed opposite to said apex;
- and wherein said handle is integrally formed in said walls proximate said apex of said walls;
- said conically-shaped member including an outer substantially conically-shaped portion formed for engaging said tire rim and an inner conically-shaped portion, and wherein said outer portion is formed having a more acute apex angle than the apex angle of said inner portion;
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- an applicator holder means being fixedly engaged to the outer surface of said member and an applicator being removably engagable within said holder.
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