Spare tire lowering system

Details Spare tire lowering system Spare tire lowering system

1991-07-25

1993-02-02

Sholl, Linda J.

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Vehicle attached

For rim, tire, or wheel

224 4224, B62D 4300

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051831929

ABSTRACT:
A primary rack and a secondary rack are connected to each other and are independently rotatably about vertical and horizontal axes, respectively. One end of the primary rack is mounted via hinge assemblies to the rear corner of a body of the utility vehicle. The secondary rack rack is hingedly mounted to the primary rack. The secondary rack carries a hub over which the wheel of a spare tire can mounted and secured. The secondary rack can be rotated through approximately 180 degrees between a raised configuration in which the spare tire is elevated off of a road surface on which the vehicle rests and a lowered configuration in which the spare tire also rests on the road surface.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1597693 (1926-08-01), Ragsdale
patent: 3387754 (1968-06-01), Sinkey et al.
patent: 3593898 (1971-07-01), DiForte
patent: 4386722 (1983-06-01), Gearhart
patent: 4717054 (1988-01-01), VanZant
patent: 4915274 (1990-04-01), Oliver
patent: 5020707 (1991-06-01), Nozel et al.

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