# US 7,407,033 B2 · Vehicle display

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- Number: US 7,407,033 B2
- Document ID: US7407033B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/255,769
- Filed: 2005-10-21
- Published: 2006-09-21
- Granted: 2008-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2004-10-21
- Inventors: Michael T. Wilson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7407033B2

## CPC

- B60B 7/20: having an element mounted for rotation independently of wheel rotation
- B60B: VEHICLE WHEELS (making wheels or wheel parts by rolling B21H1/00, by forging, hammering or pressing B21K1/28); CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION

## Abstract

A monitor display carried by a vehicle. The monitor display is mounted proximate a rim of a corresponding motive wheel of a vehicle. A rim of the motive wheel has a surface which is contoured to substantially conform to an inner surface of the monitor display. The monitor display is rigidly maintained in a non-rotating fashion.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle display for use in conjunction with a vehicle having a motive wheel, said display comprising:
means for presenting visual material; and means for inhibiting rotation of said presenting means at a rim of the motive wheel of the vehicle; wherein said means for presenting visual material comprises a monitor for showing a motion picture or a television show.

### Claim 2

Apparatus for presenting a video display within a rim of a motive wheel of a vehicle having at least one of said motive wheels, comprising:
means for mounting a video monitor to the rim; and
means for inhibiting rotation of said video monitor as the vehicle moves along the ground.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

Apparatus in accordance with claim 2 wherein said motive wheel is generally circular, and wherein said means for inhibiting comprises means for driving said motive wheel which engage said motive wheel at a point spaced from a center of said motive wheel.

### Claim 4

A vehicle, comprising:
at least one motive wheel assembly including a rim, generally circular relative to an axis, mounting a substantially annular tire, said tire defining a generally circular opening coaxial with said rim;
means for generating a visual presentation in said opening, said visual presentation having a desired orientation; and
means for inhibiting rotation of said visual presentation from said desired orientation;
wherein said means for generating a visual presentation comprises a monitor having a rear surface defining a given contour, and wherein said rim has an outwardly facing surface substantially conforming to said given contour of said monitor.

### Claim 5

A vehicle, comprising:
at least one motive wheel assembly including a rim, generally circular relative to an axis, mounting a substantially annular tire, said tire defining a generally circular opening coaxial with said rim;
means for generating a visual presentation in said opening, said visual presentation having a desired orientation; and
means for inhibiting rotation of said visual presentation from said desired orientation;
wherein said means for inhibiting comprises means for positively locking said visual presentation against rotation;
wherein said vehicle further comprises a suspension frame and a conduit, extending from said suspension frame to said means for generating a visual presentation; wherein rigidity of said suspension frame positively locks said visual presentation against rotation; and
wherein said means for generating a visual presentation comprises a monitor having a rear surface defining a given contour, and wherein said rim has an outwardly facing surface substantially conforming to said given contour of said monitor.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

Apparatus in accordance with claim 3 wherein said means for driving said motive wheel comprise:
a stub drive shaft, rotationally driven by a drive shaft of the vehicle, diverging at an acute angle from the drive shaft of the vehicle;
a pinion gear mounted at a distal end of said stub drive shaft; and
a ring gear, engaged by said pinion gear, carried by the motive wheel.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

A vehicle in accordance with claim 4 wherein said means for inhibiting comprises means for positively locking said visual presentation against rotation.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

A vehicle in accordance with claim 7, said vehicle further comprising a suspension frame and a conduit, extending from said suspension frame to said means for generating a visual presentation; wherein rigidity of said suspension frame positively locks said visual presentation against rotation.