Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Wheel – Dual wheels
Patent
1981-04-10
1984-09-25
Skaggs, H. Grant
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Wheel
Dual wheels
301 9DN, B60B 1100
Patent
active
044732589
ABSTRACT:
An adapter kit for changing a single wheel mounting on a vehicle to a dual wheel mounting and comprising a sleeve adapted to be positioned against the outer surface of the single wheel in substantial axial alignment with the wheel axle and extending outwardly from the wheel, a plurality of longitudinally extending tube members ridigly secured to the wall of the sleeve, with a tube member being disposed in alignment with each of the apertures of the single wheel for receiving a threaded stem therethrough, nut members interposed between each tube and the usual lug bolts of the single wheel for securing a threaded stem to each lug bolt, each of the tube members extending beyond the outer end of the sleeve for a snug engagement with the usual annular recess provided on the inside surface of a second wheel for alignment of the second wheel against the outer end of the sleeve, and lug nuts removably secured to the outer ends of the threaded stems outboard of the second wheel for securing the wheel to the sleeve for conversion of the single wheel installation to a dual wheel installation.
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patent: 1297243 (1919-03-01), Putnam
patent: 1738682 (1929-12-01), Baker
patent: 2635012 (1953-04-01), Rappaport
patent: 3664709 (1972-05-01), Barre
patent: 4261621 (1981-04-01), Fox
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