Tire top tool tray apparatus

• US 10,723,015 B1
• Filed: 06/24/2019
• Issued: 07/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2019
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Timothy Vallow
• Original Assignee: Timothy Vallow
• Inventors: Vallow, Timothy
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Hanh V
• Application Number:
  US16/450,209
• Time in Patent Office: 400 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2003/0821 the leg holder being mounted to underside of the table top
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2003/0827 having means for holding U-shaped legs in storage position, i.e. parallel to the underside of the table top
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 23/001 Trays, e.g. with foldable legs
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 3/0815 the resilient force of the elastic locking means acting in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the leg
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 1/0007 for engines, motor-vehicles or bicycles
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 1/04 portable
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 3/06 Trays
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 5/00 Tool, instrument or work supports or storage means used in association with vehicles; Workers' supports, e.g. mechanics' creepers collecting or removing exhaust gases in workshops B08B15/002; vehicle lifting devices, e.g. jacks, platforms or ramps B66F

Abstract

A tire top tool tray apparatus for storing tools on top of a tire while working on a truck includes a tray body comprising a tray inside. A pair of pivot rods is coupled to the tray body and a pair of legs is coupled to the pair of pivot rods. The pair of legs comprises a left leg and a right leg each having a pair of support arms coupled to a left pivot rod and a right pivot rod, respectively. The pair of legs each has a cross bar extending between the pair of support arms. The pair of legs moves between a collapsed position and an alternate extended position. A plurality of springs is coupled to the pair of pivot rods and applies pressure on the pair of pivot rods to move the pair of legs towards the collapsed position.

Claims

1. A tire top tool tray apparatus comprising:

a tray body, the tray body comprising a front wall, a back wall, a left wall, a right wall, a bottom side, and an open top side defining a tray inside;

a pair of pivot rods coupled to the tray body, the pair of pivot rods comprising a left pivot rod and a right pivot rod pivotably extending through the bottom side of the tray body from the front wall through the back wall adjacent the left wall and the right wall, respectively;

a pair of legs coupled to the pair of pivot rods, the pair of legs comprising a left leg and a right leg each having a pair of support arms coupled to the left pivot rod and the right pivot rod, respectively, each of the left leg and the right leg having a cross bar extending between the pair of support arms, the pair of support arms being separated by a distance greater than a width of a tire of a truck, the pair of legs moving between a collapsed position adjacent the bottom side of the tray body and an alternate extended position; and

a plurality of springs coupled to the pair of pivot rods, the plurality of springs applying pressure on the pair of pivot rods to move the pair of legs towards the collapsed position.

2. The tire top tool tray apparatus of claim 1 further comprising the cross bar of each pair of legs being arched towards the respective pivot rod of the pair of pivot rods.

3. The tire top tool tray apparatus of claim 1 further comprising the tray body comprising a left half, a right half, and a tray extension, each of the left half and the right half having an extension channel extending through a medial surface of the front wall, the bottom side, and the back wall, the tray extension conforming to the extension channel to allow the left half and the right half to slidably move between a closed position hiding the tray extension and an alternate open position exposing the tray extension.

4. The tire top tool tray apparatus of claim 3 further comprising the extension channel and the tray extension having a square U-shape profile.

5. The tire top tool tray apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a magnetic strip coupled to the tray body, the magnetic strip being coupled within the tray inside.

6. The tire top tool tray apparatus of claim 5 further comprising the magnetic strip being coupled to the left wall.

7. The tire top tool tray apparatus of claim 1 further comprising the plurality of springs comprising a pair of front springs coupled to the pair of pivot rods within the bottom side adjacent the front wall and a pair of back springs coupled to the pair of pivot rods within the bottom side adjacent the back wall.

8. The tire top tool tray apparatus of claim 1 further comprising each of the pair of support arms being rectangular prismatic.

9. The tire top tool tray apparatus of claim 1 further comprising the cross bar of each of the pair of legs being coupled adjacent an outer edge of each of the pair of support arms.

10. The tire top tool tray apparatus of claim 9 further comprising a width of the cross bar being less than 30% of a width of each support arm.

11. A tire top tool tray apparatus comprising:

a tray body, the tray body comprising a front wall, a back wall, a left wall, a right wall, a bottom side, and an open top side defining a tray inside, the tray body comprising a left half, a right half, and a tray extension, each of the left half and the right half having an extension channel extending through a medial surface of the front wall, the bottom side, and the back wall, the tray extension conforming to the extension channel to allow the left half and the right half to slidably move between a closed position hiding the tray extension and an alternate open position exposing the tray extension, the extension channel and the tray extension having a square U-shape profile;

a magnetic strip coupled to the tray body, the magnetic strip being coupled to the left wall within the tray inside;

a pair of pivot rods coupled to the tray body, the pair of pivot rods comprising a left pivot rod and a right pivot rod pivotably extending through the bottom side of the tray body from the front wall through the back wall adjacent the left wall and the right wall, respectively;

a pair of legs coupled to the pair of pivot rods, the pair of legs comprising a left leg and a right leg each having a pair of support arms coupled to the left pivot rod and the right pivot rod, respectively, each of the left leg and the right leg having a cross bar extending between the pair of support arms, the cross bar being arched towards the respective pivot rod, the cross bar of each of the pair of legs being coupled adjacent an outer edge of each of the pair of support arms, a width of the cross bar being less than 30% of a width of each support arm, the pair of support arms being separated by a distance greater than a width of a tire of a truck, the pair of legs moving between a collapsed position adjacent the bottom side of the tray body and an alternate extended position; and

a plurality of springs coupled to the pair of pivot rods, the plurality of springs comprising a pair of front springs coupled to the pair of pivot rods within the bottom side adjacent the front wall and a pair of back springs coupled to the pair of pivot rods within the bottom side adjacent the back wall, the plurality of springs applying pressure on the pair of pivot rods to move the pair of legs towards the collapsed position.