Lug wrench support
OwnerJerome John Anderson, Ruth Ann Bakerinventors
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Abstract
The present invention is directed toward a road side lug nut removal and tightening tool, which may also be used to lift a tire back onto the axle of a car, or truck. The tool comprises a frame, with a slideable plate having apertures arranged in a circular configuration. The apertures are aligned with the configuration of the lug nuts on a wheel, enabling a lug wrench to be coupled to a lug nut and corresponding aperture of the plate. A hollow extension bar may be connected to the lug wrench to apply additional leverage. By laying the frame horizontally on the ground, the hollow extension bar may be placed under lift brackets attached to the frame, enabling the frame to be used as a lever to lift a tire onto the axle of a car, or truck.
Claims13
A tool for changing an automobile tire, said tool for use in conjunction with a lug wrench, the lug wrench having a socket for engaging lug nuts of the car tire, the socket formed on a first end of a straight member of the lug wrench, and a torque member transverse to the straight member for applying torque to the lug wrench, said tool comprising:
- (a) a frame having parallel first and second straight portions, a top end and a base end, said first and second straight portions each having a plurality of corresponding spaced apart holes along their lengths, each of said holes operative to receive a pin;
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- (b) a plate slidably mounted to said first and second straight portions, said plate having a plurality of apertures arranged in a circular configuration corresponding to a configuration of the lug nuts of the tire, each of said apertures operative to receive a second end of the straight member of the lug wrench when the socket of the lug wrench is engaged with one of the lug nuts of the tire and said tool is placed on said base end, opposite a centerpoint of the tire, and at a distance not greater than the length of the straight member of the lug wrench,
- wherein said plate can be locked in position along said straight portions by insertion of one of said pins into one of the holes immediately below said plate on each of said straight portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.