Apparatus for compactly storing tools and accessories together with a spare wheel, and tool kit incorporating same
US7036697B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 20, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 2, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 13, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62D43/10
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for holding and storing tools in a vehicle, including a storage body shaped to fit inside the hub of a spare wheel. The storage body has a jack storage space for securely holding a vehicle raising jack, a lug wrench-receiving space for securely holding a lug wrench and a hollow storage well for holding and storing one or more various user-selected tools or accessories. The storage well has a volume approximately as large as said jack storage space. The storage well may be substantially crescent shaped in cross section and extends substantially the full depth of the storage body for thereby providing a relatively large storage space in a otherwise restricted area of a vehicle trunk. Optionally, tools may be added to the storage body, and fitted into the appropriate storage spaces therein, to form a compact tool kit and storage receptacle for a vehicle.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.