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US 5,294,221 AGranted
Adjustable vehicle wheel restraint
OwnerDonald G. Eller, Donald A. Ellerinventors
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Abstract
A vehicle wheel restraint device include a base plate having a wheel plate assembly adjustably mounted in a lateral direction by a channel mounted to the base plate. A pair of outwardly angled wheel plates engage the vehicle wheel, with the spacing adjustable, and a tire belt is arranged to be tightened onto the tire with a ratchet wind up mechanism also carried by the wheel plate assembly. The base plate can be swung out by release of one of a pair of floor anchor bolts and pulling on a pull cord.
Claims8
A vehicle wheel restraint device comprising:
- a base plate;
- anchor means for fixing said base plate to a supporting floor;
- a single guide channel affixed to said base plate extending thereacross in a first transverse direction;
- a wheel plate assembly including a pair of aligned wheel plates outwardly angled from each other, one of said wheel plates movable along said guide channel to be located at positions along said guide channel;
- means mounting the other of said wheel plates in said wheel plate assembly to be adjustably movable towards and away from said one wheel plate in a longitudinal direction normal to said direction in which said single guide channel extends;
- and,
- means for fixing said one wheel plate at locations along said guide channel on said base plate, means for fixing said other wheel plate in any adjusted position relative said one wheel plate, whereby said wheel plates can be fixedly located on said base plate on said supporting floor by transverse adjustment of said one wheel plate along said guide channel on said base plate and the spacing of said wheel plates adjusted by said adjustment of said other wheel plate in said longitudinal direction.
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