Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – For rim – tire – or wheel
Patent
1975-05-08
1977-03-22
Spar, Robert J.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
For rim, tire, or wheel
224 4225, 70259, 211 8, 248503, B62D 4308
Patent
active
040132030
ABSTRACT:
A tire carrier for securing a spare tire to the bed of a pickup truck or the like wherein the tire is mounted on a conventional flanged rim having an opening therethrough which comprises a vertically disposed bracket member having vertically spaced notches therein and attachable to the bed of the pickup truck; a bracket-engaging member having a horizontally extending arm with an upward extension adjacent one end thereof, a threaded nut attached to the vertical extension, a threaded J-hooked rod threadedly received in the nut and having a hook at one end thereof adapted to engage one of the notches of the bracket when the bracket-engaging member is passed through the opening in the tire rim; a pivotal tire rim-engaging member including a pivotal arm pivotally connected to the opposite end of the bracket-engaging member, a handle member extending outwardly from the pivotal arm adjacent the pivotal connection, a horizontally extending keeper bar connected adjacent its horizontal center to the end of said pivotal arm opposite from the pivotal end, and adapted to engage the rim under pressure when the pivotal arm is in horizontal alignment with the horizontally extending arm, a tongue attached to one end of said keeper bar and extending at right angles thereto and adapted to lie adjacent the flange on the tire rim when the pivotal arm is pivoted by the handle so as to be in horizontal alignment with the horizontally extending arm; the pivotal arm and the horizontally extending arm having holes therein which are in alignment with the arms are in horizontal alignment, whereby a locking member can be passed through the holes when aligned to lock the apparatus with said spare tire thereon against the bed of the pickup truck.
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patent: 3613972 (1971-10-01), Daughhetee
patent: 3823858 (1974-07-01), Schnakenberg
Dorman William S.
Forsberg Jerold M.
Spar Robert J.
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