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US3178156A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Mobile tire changer ramp

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-01-16
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Granted: 1965-04-13
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Expires: 1983-01-16
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Adolph L Rigers

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 05:16
CPC Classifications
B; B66; B66F; B66F7/00; B66F7/24; B66F7/243

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 249 words
A DEVICE FOR ASSISTING IN CHANGING TIRES ON VEHICLE MOUNTED WHEELS, THE DEVICE COMPRISING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SUPPORTING ELEMENT AND A LONGITUDINALLY POSITIONED FRONT RAMP ELEMENT, THE LATTER HORIZONTALLY PIVOTED TRANSVERSELY WITHIN THE FRONT END OF THE SUPPORTING ELEMENT, THE SUPPORTING ELEMENT HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL UPPER PLATE MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING A VEHICLE WHEEL AND TWO TRANSVERSELY SPACED EQUAL HEIGHT VERTICAL SIDE PLATE MEMBERS EACH CONNECTED AT ITS TOP TO AN EDGE OF THE UPPER PLATE MEMBER THUS DEFINING A CAVITY WITHIN THE SUPPORTING ELEMENT, THE SIDE MEMBERS POSSESSING ALONG THEIR BOTTOMS OUTWARDLY DIRECTED HORIZONTAL FLANGE MEANS, THE RAMP ELEMENT HAVING A FORWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY INCLINED TOP PLATE OF A WIDTH LESS THAN THAT OF THE CAVITY AND TWO VERTICAL AND GENERALLY TRIANGULAR SIDE PLATE MEMBERS EACH CONNECTED AT ITS TOP TO AN EDGE OF THE TOP PLATE, THE LATTER SIDE MEMBERS POSSESSING AT THEIR BOTTOMS INWARDLY DIRECTED HORIZONTAL FLANGE MEANS COPLANAR IN A DEVICE OPERATING POSITION WITH THE FIRST RECITED HORIZONTAL FLANGE MEANS, AND A FURTHER INWARDLY DIRECTED COPLANAR HORIZONTAL FLANGE EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE RAMP AT ITS MOST FORWARD POSITION, ALL OF THE FLANGES AIDING IN SECURELY VERTICALLY ENGAGING THE DEVICE UPON A COMMON SUPPORT SUCH AS THE GROUND, AND DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED LUG MEANS ATTACHED TO, ACROSS AND BELOW EACH OUTWARDLY DIRECTED FLANGE AND ATTACHED TO, COMPLETELY ALONG, AND BELOW THE FURTHER FLANGE, ALL THE LUGS MEANS AIDING IN SECURELY LONGITUDINALLY ENGAGING THE DEVICE WITH RESPECT TO A COMMON SUPPORT SUCH AS THE GROUND.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 249 words
A DEVICE FOR ASSISTING IN CHANGING TIRES ON VEHICLE MOUNTED WHEELS, THE DEVICE COMPRISING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SUPPORTING ELEMENT AND A LONGITUDINALLY POSITIONED FRONT RAMP ELEMENT, THE LATTER HORIZONTALLY PIVOTED TRANSVERSELY WITHIN THE FRONT END OF THE SUPPORTING ELEMENT, THE SUPPORTING ELEMENT HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL UPPER PLATE MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING A VEHICLE WHEEL AND TWO TRANSVERSELY SPACED EQUAL HEIGHT VERTICAL SIDE PLATE MEMBERS EACH CONNECTED AT ITS TOP TO AN EDGE OF THE UPPER PLATE MEMBER THUS DEFINING A CAVITY WITHIN THE SUPPORTING ELEMENT, THE SIDE MEMBERS POSSESSING ALONG THEIR BOTTOMS OUTWARDLY DIRECTED HORIZONTAL FLANGE MEANS, THE RAMP ELEMENT HAVING A FORWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY INCLINED TOP PLATE OF A WIDTH LESS THAN THAT OF THE CAVITY AND TWO VERTICAL AND GENERALLY TRIANGULAR SIDE PLATE MEMBERS EACH CONNECTED AT ITS TOP TO AN EDGE OF THE TOP PLATE, THE LATTER SIDE MEMBERS POSSESSING AT THEIR BOTTOMS INWARDLY DIRECTED HORIZONTAL FLANGE MEANS COPLANAR IN A DEVICE OPERATING POSITION WITH THE FIRST RECITED HORIZONTAL FLANGE MEANS, AND A FURTHER INWARDLY DIRECTED COPLANAR HORIZONTAL FLANGE EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE RAMP AT ITS MOST FORWARD POSITION, ALL OF THE FLANGES AIDING IN SECURELY VERTICALLY ENGAGING THE DEVICE UPON A COMMON SUPPORT SUCH AS THE GROUND, AND DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED LUG MEANS ATTACHED TO, ACROSS AND BELOW EACH OUTWARDLY DIRECTED FLANGE AND ATTACHED TO, COMPLETELY ALONG, AND BELOW THE FURTHER FLANGE, ALL THE LUGS MEANS AIDING IN SECURELY LONGITUDINALLY ENGAGING THE DEVICE WITH RESPECT TO A COMMON SUPPORT SUCH AS THE GROUND.

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7.5 Years (Year 8) 1972-04-12 1972-10-12 1973-04-13 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1976-04-12 1976-10-12 1977-04-13 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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