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Device for lifting and attaching a truck tire and wheel to a heavy freight vehicle

US8240711B1 · kind B1 · utility

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7References

8Claims

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Assignee

ADVANCED TRANSIT DYNAMICS, INC. · US

Inventors

Charles M. Horrell · McGrady, US
Jeff Grossman · Berkeley, US
Joshua Daniel Kaufman · Gorham, US
Rebecca Schwartz · Chester Springs, US
Drew Ulrich · San Francisco, US
Laura Weyl · Amherst, US
Jimmy Ray · Las Cruces, US
Andrew Edward Smith · Bristol, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 21, 2009
Grant date	Aug 14, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 18, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62D43/002
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for lifting and attaching a wide-base truck tire and wheel to the frame of a road tractor. The device includes a support structure attached to the frame of the vehicle, a channel-shaped support beam attached to a frame of a tractor, a hoist comprising a lifting mechanism, and a structure for holding a wide-base truck tire in conjunction with the channel-shaped support beam.

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