Wheel mounting device

• US 4,602,415 A
• Filed: 08/24/1984
• Issued: 07/29/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jerry Garcia
• Original Assignee: Jerry Garcia
• Inventors: Garcia, Jerry
• Primary Examiner(s): Watson, Robert C.
• Application Number:
  US06/644,062
• Time in Patent Office: 704 Days
• Field of Search: 29/273, 81/177 B, 81/15.2, 7/100, 7/138, 7/166, 157/1.1, 157/1.11, 254/120, 254/131
• US Class Current: 29/273
• CPC Class Codes: B60B 29/001 comprising lifting or aligning means B60B29/002 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53922 Auto wheel with auto chassis

Abstract

A wheel mounting device, comprising a handle mounted centered and normal to one surface of a crossbar, cylindric arms extending, respectively from the opposite surface of the crossbar, terminating in undercut heads having, respectively diameters larger than those of the arms, and a roller frame detachably mounted to the crossbar for manipulating the position of the wheel relative to a hub.

Claims

1. A device for mounting a grounded apertured wheel onto a jacked-up studded hub axle of a vehicle, comprising:

(a) a crossbar, having two surfaces,

(b) a handle one end of which being mounted centered and normal onto one of the surfaces of the crossbar;

(c) two arms, terminating respectively in an undercut head, extend parallel with the handle from outer portions, respectively of the other surface of the crossbar, the cross-section of the heads of the arms being smaller than that of the aperture of the wheel but larger than the cross-section of the arms themselves, so that the arms, when inserted through the wheel apertures with the undercut portions of their heads facing downwardly will have enough clearance to be moved at least upwardly, causing their undercut heads to interlock over and with the studs of the hub axle;

(d) rolling means for adjusting the apertures of the wheel vis-a-vis the studs of the hub, including rollers and supporting means thereof, mounted onto the handle.

2. A device, according to claim 1, wherein the rolling means is detachably mounted to the handle.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the rolling means is a frame, comprising an upper crossbar and a lower crossbar disposed parallel spaced apart from one another and two axles, their ends, respectively being mounted onto end portions of and spanning the space between the upper and lower crossbar, and rollers, mounted rotatably, respectively on the axles.