Wheel lifting device

• US 7,740,439 B1
• Filed: 02/16/2007
• Issued: 06/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Norman Browning, Russell C. Hocking
• Original Assignee: Norman Browning, Russell C. Hocking
• Inventors: Hocking, Russell C., Browning, Norman
• Primary Examiner(s): Fox; Charles A
• Application Number:
  US11/675,631
• Time in Patent Office: 1,222 Days
• Field of Search: 414/427, 414/428, 414/426
• US Class Current: 414/428
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 3/00 Devices, e.g. jacks, adapted for uninterrupted lifting of loads mobile jacks of the garage type B66F5/00

Abstract

A wheel lifting device for facilitating removal of a flat tire and positioning of a replacement tire includes a base bar being positionable on a support surface adjacent a tire. Each of a pair of arms is coupled to the base bar. Each of the arms has one of a pair of rollers rotatably coupled thereto. Each of the rollers is positioned between the arms to engage a tread of the tire. The rollers permit rotation of the tire to allow a rim to be rotated to properly align the rim with a wheel hub.

Claims

1. A wheel lifting device for facilitating manipulation of a tire, said device comprising:

a base bar being positionable on a support surface adjacent the tire;

a pair of arms defining a first arm and a second arm, each of said arms being coupled to said base bar, each of said arms being pivotally coupled to said base bar, each of said arms being pivoted between a stored position and a deployed position, said stored position being defined by each of said arms being positioned approximately parallel and adjacent to said base bar, said deployed position being defined as said arms being positioned approximately perpendicular to said base bar, said first arm including a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being pivotally coupled to said base bar, said second portion being pivotally coupled to said first portion opposite said base bar, said first and second portions being pivotable in a same plane, said second portion being pivoted with respect to said first portion to position said second portion of said first arm adjacent said second arm when said arms are positioned in said stored position; and

a pair of rollers, each of said arms having one of said rollers rotatably coupled thereto, each of said rollers being positioned between said arms to engage a tread of the tire, said rollers permitting rotation of the tire to allow a rim to be rotated to properly align the rim with a wheel hub.

2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a pair of wheels, each of said arms having a free end, each of said free ends having one of said wheels rotatably coupled thereto, each of said wheels rolling across the support surface to facilitate transportation of the tire when said arms are in said deployed position and said base bar is lifted off the support surface.

3. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a handle being couplable to said base bar, said handle being graspable to facilitate lifting of said base bar and the tire.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein said roller on said first arm is attached to said second portion, said roller extending through said first portion when said arms are in said stored position.

4. A wheel lifting device for facilitating manipulation of a tire, said device comprising:

a base bar being positionable on a support surface adjacent the tire;

a pair of arms defining a first arm and a second arm, each of said arms being pivotally coupled to said base bar, each of said arms being pivoted between a stored position and a deployed position, said stored position being defined by each of said arms being positioned approximately parallel and adjacent to said base bar, said deployed position being defined as said arms being positioned approximately perpendicular to said base bar, said first arm including a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being pivotally coupled to said base bar, said second portion being pivotally coupled to said first portion opposite said base bar, said second portion being pivoted with respect to said first portion to position said second portion of said first arm adjacent to said second arm when said arms are positioned in said stored position, said first and second portions being pivotable in a same plane a plane of pivoting of said arms;

a pair of rollers, each of said arms having one of said rollers rotatably coupled thereto, each of said rollers being positioned between said arms to engage a tread of the tire when said arms are in said deployed position, said rollers permitting rotation of the tire to allow a rim to be rotated to properly align the rim with a wheel hub, said roller on said first arm being coupled to said second portion;

a pair of wheels, each of said arms having a free end, each of said free ends having one of said wheels rotatably coupled thereto, each of said wheels rolling across the support surface to facilitate transportation of the tire when said arms are in said deployed position and said base bar is lifted off the support surface; and

a handle being couplable to said base bar, said handle being graspable to facilitate lifting of said base bar and the tire.

6. The device according to claim 4, wherein said roller on said first arm is attached to said second portion, said roller extending through said first portion when said arms are in said stored position.