Spare tire mount for pick-up trucks

Claim 1

A spare tire mount for a pick-up truck having a cargo box including a top marginal bead, said mount comprising an inverted U-shaped bracket having a first arm engageable with the outer face of a cargo box upstanding wall and a second substantially vertical arm spaced from the first arm and inwardly of said wall, a coacting clamp means including a plate element engageable with the interior face of said wall in opposing relation to said arm with the plate element arranged immediately below said bead and thereby blocked from upward displacement and a stabilizing arm secured to and projecting from the plate element within the area encompassed by the inverted U-shaped bracket, means adjustably interconnecting the stabilizing arm and the bracket below the top wall of the bracket and between the first and second arms, whereby the first arm and said plate element may be clampingly engaged with said upstanding wall, means for releasably securing a spare tire and wheel to said second arm of the bracket with the spare tire and wheel substantially vertically disposed in near proximity to the upstanding wall and with the spare tire resting on the floor of said cargo box, and said last named means comprising a substantially horizontal threaded element secured to said second arm and projecting outwardly therefrom, an apertured spare wheel clamping disc engaging over said threaded element and including a pin projection extending near one vertical edge of the second arm and preventing rotation of said disc, a clamping nut on said threaded element outwardly of said disc, and a hinged lockable hasp guard on the disc adapted to extend across said clamping nut in closely covering relation thereto blocking access to the clamping nut when in the locked position.