Tire mounting tool
AssigneeSummit Tool Company
InventorRoger Kliskey
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Abstract
A mounting tool for mounting a tire onto a rim, the tool comprising a handle having a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis; a first mounting end adjacent the first end of the handle; the first mounting end including a dependent shaft extending outwardly from the handle and a dependent tip extending from an end of the shaft; a wing located adjacent the shaft and inward of the tip and the wing including a wheel rim engaging surface extending outward beyond at least one side of the tip and in an orientation perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the handle.
Claims27
A mounting tool for mounting a tire onto a wheel rim, the tool comprising:
- an elongate handle having a first end and a second end;
- a first mounting end adjacent said first end of said handle;
- said first mounting end including a shaft extending axially from an end of said handle and a tip extending axially from an end of said shaft;
- a wing affixed to said shaft at a location above said tip and said wing including a dependent wheel rim engaging surface positioned inward and adjacent to said tip.
A mounting tool for mounting a tire onto a rim, the tool comprising:
- a handle having a first end and a second end;
- a first mounting end adjacent said first end, said first mounting end including a tip having sides;
- and
- a wing affixed to said first mounting end and positioned inward and adjacent said tip and having a wing portion extending outward beyond at least one said side of said tip.
A mounting tool for mounting a tire onto a rim, the mounting tool comprising:
- a handle having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal plane;
- mounting end adjacent said second end;
- said mounting end including a tip extending axially outward and at an offset angle relative to the longitudinal plane, wherein an end of said tip extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal plane;
- wherein said mounting end further comprises an outwardly directed raised portion positioned between said tip and said end of said handle;
- wherein said raised portion includes:
- a first segment extending outward from said second end of said handle;
- a second segment extending inward from said first segment;
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- a peak defined between said first and said second segments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.