Seat adapted to be mounted on vehicle tire

• US 4,099,771 A
• Filed: 06/09/1977
• Issued: 07/11/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert P. Mathews
• Original Assignee: Robert P. Mathews
• Inventors: Mathews, Robert P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zugel, Francis K.
• Application Number:
  US05/805,186
• Time in Patent Office: 397 Days
• Field of Search: 297/217, 297/130, 248/158, 248/415, 248/127, 108/150, 108/161
• US Class Current: 297/217.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 3/16 of legless type, e.g. with seat directly resting on the floor A47C3/14 takes precedence; detachably mounted on stadium benches A47C1/16; children's chairs mounted on back-rest of chair A47D1/10 , legless beach chairs A47C1/146; inflatable chairs A47C4/54; Hassocks; Pouffes
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/002 Chair or stool bases A47C3/20 takes precedence

Abstract

A seat adapted for mounting on a vehicle tire has a seat with a sleeve extending vertically from the bottom of the seat. A rod is adapted to engage the sleeve. A base plate is attached perpendicularly to the rod and a suitable means is used to attach the base plate to the vehicle tire.

Claims

1. A chair adapted to be mounted on a spare vehicle tire comprising:

(a) a vehicle pneumatic tire mounted on a wheel member with a hub area and a rim which together form a well, the hub area having plurality of stud bolt holes;

(b) a seat member;

(c) a seat base plate mounted on the bottom of the seat member and spaced above the tire member just enough to allow rotational movement of the seat base plate with respect to the tire;

(d) a sleeve and rod assembly in which the rod is engaged within the sleeve and both members slide freely with respect to each other, the length of the assembly being approximately the depth of the well, one end of the assembly is attached to the seat base plate, the other end of the assembly having a flange with a plurality of holes which are aligned with the stud bolt holes in the hub; and

(e) a nut and bolt assembly corresponding to each of the holes in the hub and flange securing the flange to hub.

2. A chair as recited in claim 1 including a mounting plate having a raised portion to engage the well, the raised portion having a plurality of holes aligned with the hub and flange holes and the bolts passing through the holes, the mounting plate having a flange plate portion which can be secured to a floor of a vehicle.

3. A chair as recited in claim 1 including a releasable locking pin means engaging the sleeve and rod assembly to prevent rotation of the sleeve with respect to the rod when the pin is engaged.

4. A chair as recited in claim 2 including a releasable locking pin means engaging the sleeve and rod assembly to prevent rotation of the sleeve with respect to the rod when the pin is engaged.