Tool for wheel weights

Claim 1

A TOOL FOR SECURING A WHEEL WEIGHT HAVING A SPRING CLIP TO THE PERIPHERAL PORTION OF A WHEEL RIM, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, AN ELONGATED TOOL ROD, A TOOL HEAD ON ONE END OF THE TOOL ROD ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH THE SPRING CLIP OF THE WHEEL WEIGHT AND THE WHEEL RIM FOR SECURING THE WHEEL WEIGHT TO THE WHEEL RIM, SAID TOOL HEAD HAVING A WORKING SURFACE CONTOURED CONCAVE TO ENGAGE FLUSH THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF THE SPRING CLIP TO PERMIT FULL IMPACT TYPE FORCE TO BE APPLIED AGAINST THE CLIP WITHOUT DAMAGING IT, AND FURTHER HAVING A SHALLOW RECESS EXTENDING FROM A LOCATION ADJACENT THE WORKING SURFACE BUT SPACED THEREFROM TOWARD THE OPPOSITE END OF THE TOOL ROD AND ALIGNED AXIALLY OF THE ROD GENERALLY WITH THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF THE WORKING SURFACE OPERABLE THEREBY FOR RECEIVING WITHOUT INTERFERENCE ANY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A COOLING DISC COMMONLY DISPOSED ADJACENT THE WHEEL RIM, AN ELONGATED TOOL HANDLE, AND MEANS INCLUDING SPACED STOPS ON THE TOOL ROD AND TOOL HANDLE MECHANICALLY CONNECTING THEM TO PERMIT ONLY LIMITED MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER AXIALLY OF THE TOOL ROD THROUGH THE WORKING SURFACE SO THAT WITH THE WORKING SURFACE FLUSH WITH THE SPRING CLIP AND THE SPRING CLIP OPEN TO THE WHEEL RIM GENERALLY THE RAPID ADVANCE OF THE TOOL HANDLE TOWARD THE WORKING SURFACE AND THE SUBSEQUENT MECHANICAL UNITING WITH THE TOOL ROD IS OPERABLE TO DRIVE THE WHEEL WEIGHT ONTO THE WHEEL RIM.