Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Wheel – Emergency
Patent
1975-11-20
1977-07-12
Tollberg, Stanley H.
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Wheel
Emergency
B60B 1100
Patent
active
040350274
ABSTRACT:
An emergency wheel is provided for use in conjunction with a vehicle wheel of the type including a recessed central portion mounted on a vehicle hub by fasteners secured through the central portion and supported from the hub. The emergency wheel defines a center axis thereof and includes a first portion having a plurality of large and small diameter openings formed therethrough spaced about and equally from the center axis with the openings being arranged in the conventional wheel lug pattern. A plurality of washers are provided for disposition over the large diameter openings and the latter are the size to receive conventional lug nuts or heads therethrough. A second portion is supported from the first portion for rotation relative thereto about the center axis and the first and second portions include radially outwardly projecting partial circular flange segments which, upon relative rotation of the first and second portions, are shiftable between first positions in registry with each other and second positions out of registry with each other forming a substantially continuous disc concentric with the center axis. Further, structure is provided for releasably locking the first and second portions in the second positions out of registry with each other to form the aforementioned disc.
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patent: 3083063 (1963-03-01), Alfsen
patent: 3295894 (1967-01-01), Perry
patent: 3608970 (1971-09-01), Strumbos
patent: 3653718 (1972-04-01), Gellender
patent: 3679267 (1972-07-01), Zachmann
Jacobson Harvey B.
Marmor Charles A.
O#Brien Clarence A.
Tollberg Stanley H.
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