Patent Application
20160145079
1. Field of the Disclosure
The disclosure relates to transporting devices and more particularly pertains to a new transporting device for transporting a wheel coupled to a vehicle without contacting the vehicle.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a cradle. The cradle comprises a central section, a top section and a bottom section each coupled to and extending away from the central section. The cradle may engage a wheel while the wheel is mounted on a vehicle. The cradle avoids contact with a body of the vehicle while the wheel is removed from the vehicle. A mount is coupled to the cradle. The mount may be engaged to a lift to facilitate the wheel to be transported away from the vehicle. A loop is coupled to the cradle. The loop may have a cord coupled between the loop and the wheel to facilitate the wheel to be retained on the cradle.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated.
There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The top section 16 has a terminal end 30 to define a first end 32 of the cradle 12. The bottom section 20 has a terminal end 36 to define a second end 38 of the cradle 12. The cradle 12 has a pair of arcuate sections 40, giving the cradle 12 a C-shape. The bottom section 20 has a lower surface 42 and an upper surface 44. The lower surface 42 tapers toward the upper surface 44 adjacent to the second end 38 such that the bottom section 20 has a wedge shape. The bottom section 20 may engage a rim 46 of the wheel 22.
A mount 48 is coupled to the cradle 12. The mount 48 may be engaged by a lift 50 to facilitate the wheel 22 to be transported away from the vehicle 24. The mount 48 has a vertical portion 52 coupled to and extending upwardly from a horizontal portion 54. The horizontal portion 54 has a basal surface 56. The top section 28 has an uppermost surface 58. The basal surface 56 is coupled to the uppermost surface 58 such that the vertical portion 52 is positioned proximate the first end 32 of the cradle 12. The horizontal portion 54 has an opening 60 extending therethrough to be engaged by the lift 50.
A loop 62 is coupled to the cradle 12. The pair of arcuate sections 40 includes a lower arcuate section 64. The loop 62 is positioned adjacent to a junction of the lower arcuate section 64 and the bottom section 20. The loop 62 may have a cord 66 coupled between the loop 62 and the wheel 22, retaining the wheel 22 on the cradle 12.
In use, the vehicle 24 is raised to allow the wheel 22 to be removed from the vehicle 24. The bottom section 20 is positioned to engage the rim 46 of the wheel 22. The cradle 12 is lifted with the lift 50 to transfer the weight of the wheel 22 onto the cradle 12. The wheel 22 is urged off the vehicle 24. The cradle 12 is used to transport the wheel 22 when the wheel 22 is removed from the vehicle 24.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
