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US 6,681,897 B2Granted
Apparatus for supporting automotive tires
AssigneeTire Hanger Corporation
InventorsAnthony C. Gibson, Roy Starling, Martin Roden
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Abstract
An apparatus for supporting automotive tires having a hanger pin adapted to fit through the mount hole of a vehicle wheel. The apparatus is intended to be installed on an automotive hoist at a height approximately the same as that of a tire of a vehicle disposed on the hoist. A worker removing a wheel from the vehicle disposed on the hoist can thus hang the wheel on the apparatus without significantly bending at the waist.
Claims5
A method for temporarily retaining a vehicle wheel, comprising the steps of:
- elevating a vehicle on an automotive hoist so that a support arm disposed on the hoist is at about the same height as a wheel of the vehicle;
- removing the wheel from the vehicle;
- placing the wheel on the support arm;
- removing the wheel from the support arm substantially without bending over;
- and reinstalling the wheel onto the vehicle.
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