Material or article handling – Vehicle attached auxiliary carriers – For rim – tire – or wheel
Patent
1985-01-18
1985-08-27
Paperner, Leslie J.
Material or article handling
Vehicle attached auxiliary carriers
For rim, tire, or wheel
70259, 224 4206, 224 4223, 224 4225, 254389, B62D 4304
Patent
active
045375550
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle undercarriage spare tire carrier having a roll bar secured adjacent the storage position of the tire, a pulley assembly secured on the rear bumper of the vehicle, a lever arm pivotally secured to the rear bumper of the vehicle in spaced relation with respect to the pulley assembly, a bracket removably securable to the wheel of the spare tire, a flexible cable secured between the bracket and the lever arm and passing over the roll bar and around the pulley assembly whereby pivoting of the lever arm in one direction lowers the spare tire from the storage position for releasing of the tire for retrieval thereof, and pivoting of the lever arm in an opposite direction pulls the tire into the storage position thereof, and a latching bracket secured to the rear bumper of the vehicle and engagable by the lever arm for locking the lever arm in the position thereof which locks the tire in the storage position.
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Paperner Leslie J.
W.W.B. Developers
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