Tire truck
AssigneeTire Shuttle, Inc.
InventorDonald R. Suggs, Sr.
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Abstract
A wheeled tire truck is provided for installing, removing and transporting rim-mounted tires for vehicles. The truck comprises an elongated body section and extended fork section supported by a transverse axle having wheels at either end bracketing the body. The body includes a handle section extending opposite the fork section to terminate in a grip, and the fork section extends opposite the handle for straddling the tire on either side of its center of gravity and beneath its tread. The tire rests against the handle portion and separate tire rests over each wheel, and the tire may be transported by balancing the weight of the tire on the wheels while pushing on the grip.
Claims14
A tire truck for mounting, unmounting and transporting a tire, the tire truck comprising:
- an elongated body having a longitudinal axis divided by a flat plate, the body further having
- two bars coupled to opposite sides of the plate and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis to form a handle having a proximate end forming a plant adjacent the plate and a distal end having a transverse grip connecting the bars;
- and
- a fork coupled to the handle adjacent the plate and extending opposite the handle, the fork further having two divergent, segmented tines terminating in feet bearing pads, the segments of the tines being arranged at angles to each other to offset the feet from the plane;
- axle means transverse the fork between the plate and the pads and having;
- a single axle coupled to each tine;
- a wheel on each end of the axle;
- and
- a step coupled to the axle and covering a portion of a tread of each wheel, said step being accessible by a user from rearward the truck;
- and
- tire rest means for resting a tire supported by the feet against the body.
A tire truck having a front, a rear and a longitudinal axis, the tire truck further comprising:
- a body having
- a rectangular flat plate further having a transverse width bifurcated by the longitudinal axis;
- and
- two bars coupled to and extending from opposite sides of the plate, parallel to each other and equidistant from the longitudinal axis, to form a handle section terminating in a transverse grip connecting the bars, the bars further extending from the plate opposite the handle section, diverging and curving rearwardly to form a fork section;
- an axle coupled to the fork section and extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the axle terminating in axle ends spaced at a substantially greater transverse width than the width of the plate, the axle ends bearing wheels having rims;
- step means coupled to the fork section for providing a place for a user of the tire truck to place a foot to help manipulate and control the tire truck;
- two divergent tines curving forwardly from the fork section to terminate in pads, the tines adapted to support a tread of a tire;
- and
- tire rest means for resting a tire against the truck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.