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7487953 Hoist assembly for a motor vehicle spare tire  
A hoist assembly includes a housing having a body sandwiched between metal plates connected to a mounting channel. The housing supports a rotary drive shaft which supports a rotary spool defining a...
7487952 Spare tire security device  
The present invention provides a security device for securing a spare tire and rim, retained by a winch mechanism, to the underside of an automobile. More specifically, the device includes a...
7404545 Spare tire carrier having overload protection with controlled cable payout  
A tire carrier assembly includes a rotation shaft and a housing have a bottom wall including a first aperture for receiving the rotation shaft. The housing also includes a sidewall extending upward...
7377738 Vehicle tire carrier actuator and retriever  
A motor vehicle tire carrier actuator and retriever includes a first elongate member having a first end configured to mate with a rotatable shaft of a tire carrier. A second elongate member has a...
7249927 Storage rack for a vehicle  
A storage rack connectable to a mounting structure of a vehicle for supporting a load, comprising a load supporting structure, a swing arm assembly, and a lift assembly. The load supporting...
7226104 Vehicle tool guide structure  
A vehicle body supporting structure arrangement that an inner body member, an outer body member a manually operated mechanism and a tool guide tube. The inner body member has an inner aperture. The...
7195231 Spare tire security system  
Disclosed is a security device to protect the spare tire on a vehicle from possible theft. The spare tire, especially in sport utility vehicles, is located on the rear underside of the vehicle and...
7188856 Vehicle towing apparatus  
An apparatus for towing at least one wheeled vehicle includes a frame including at least one generally vertically oriented support member and at least one generally horizontally oriented support...
7104744 Secondary latch for a tire carrier  
A latch assembly for use a tire carrier has a wheel plate and a lock bracket and an aperture and a flexible member disposed in the aperture and connected to a wheel plate. The latch assembly has a...
7021884 Removable tire caddy and method of use  
A removable tire caddy and method of use for providing convenient access and manipulation of a vehicle-mounted spare tire. The removable tire caddy includes a wheeled carriage frame designed to...
6991417 Spare tire handling device with a wheel retainer  
A spare tire handling device mounted on a vehicle and adapted for moving a spare tire between a stored and an accessible position relative to the vehicle, and including a winch and a flexible...
6941802 Vehicle spare tire pressure detection assembly  
A vehicle spare tire pressure detection assembly includes a tire support and hoisting unit that performs the function of hoisting and storing a spare tire, and a spare tire pressure detection unit...
6923394 Reeling device for a hoisting system  
The invention provides a reeling device for a hoisting system, including a flexible member having a lower end and an upper end, a rotatable drum on which the flexible member is windable, disk means...
6857839 Apparatus for loading and unloading a component detachably mounted on a vehicle  
An apparatus for storing and unloading a component such as a spare tire and wheel assembly mounted at a rear storage location on a vehicle includes a vehicle attachment arm having a first end...
6837667 Apparatus for drawing a wheel in and out relative to a vehicle  
An apparatus for enabling a user to draw in and raise, and to lower and draw out, a spare wheel that is normally stored under a vehicle. The apparatus includes a chain having a first chain end and...
6783039 Bracket assembly for securing a compact spare tire and a full size tire  
An assembly for storing a compact spare tire in a motor vehicle in which a second tire of regular size (larger than the compact spare) is secured at a predetermined space adjacent or within the...
6761293 Spare tire support for an automobile  
A support for a spare tire for the tailgate of an automobile. The support is configured to receive an anchoring disk of the spare tire and is positioned in the thickness of the tailgate between an...
6692216 Secondary latch for a tire carrier  
A latch assembly adapted for use with a tire carrier including a wheel plate, and a lock bracket including an aperture and a cable disposed in the aperture and connected to the wheel plate. The...
6682293 Spare tire carrier  
A support mechanism for use in releasably stowing a load on a vehicle. The support mechanism includes a flexible member extending from the vehicle, and an annular fitting member having a receiving...
6655896 Vehicle with full size spare tire conversion and lifting mechanism  
A vehicle is disclosed which is normally supported by a plurality of wheels and tires, the vehicle having an article carrying space, with a floor formed of a first material and having an opening. A...
6648577 Vehicle spare tire container  
A generally cylindrical shaped unitary body container is adapted to hold a spare vehicle tire. The container is compatible with a vehicle cable retraction system and has at least one aperture...
6631834 Spare tire carrier  
A bumper mounted spare tire carrier, suitable for very heavy tires, such as those used by off road vehicles and military vehicles.
6561489 Automatic winch drive system  
An automatic winch drive system (AWDS) adapted to mount a motorized conveyance and designed specifically to raise and lower a spare tire and wheel. The AWDS is adapted to mount a motorized...
6554253 Safety latch for a tire carrier and improvements therefor  
A torque-limited winch assembly is provided including: a winch supported on a winch shaft for rotation therewith, a first enclosed chamber for housing the winch including a housing wall formed to...
6499724 Safety latch for a tire carrier  
A winch assembly includes an actuating mechanism coupled to a winch and a latch. Rotation of the winch in a first direction drives the actuating mechanism to position the latch at a first position....
6427981 Secondary latch for a tire carrier  
A tire carrier assembly for storing a spare tire of a motor vehicle includes a tire carrier adapted for supporting the spare tire, a winch assembly operably connected to the tire carrier to raise...
6427884 Arrangement for storing a spare tire  
An arrangement for storing a spare tire includes a cable coupled to the spare tire. A winch device is disposed between the motor vehicle and the cable and is operative for raising and lowering the...
6409454 Suspending member breakage preventing mechanism in spare wheel holding apparatus  
A suspending member breakage preventing mechanism in a spare wheel holding apparatus. The spare wheel holding apparatus is provided with a wheel support member on which a spare wheel is supported,...
6390760 Spare tire security system  
A spare tire security system for preventing access of the winch assembly outside the vehicle. The spare tire security system includes a vehicle having a passenger compartment, a rear wall forming a...
6352401 Carrier for a motorcycle  
The invention herein is a carrier apparatus structured to be attached to a motor vehicle for carrying motorcycles and similar vehicles, which carrier is adapted for external attachment to a motor...
6299403 Spare tire carrier  
A spare tire carrier having a housing fixed to the automobile body, a roller assembly rotatably mounted at a rotary shaft of the housing and constructed with a plurality of closely-adhered roller...
6279793 Removal aid for a spare wheel  
The present invention relates to a removal aid for a spare wheel of a motor vehicle having at least one strap which, at one end, is fastened to a vehicle body section, extends from there under the...
6276889 Spare tire storage bracket assembly  
A spare tire storage bracket assembly for safely securing a spare tire under a vehicle includes a main member designed to be coupled to a selectively extendable and retractable cable of a vehicle....
6267546 Secondary latch for a tire carrier  
A tire carrier assembly for storing a spare tire of a motor vehicle includes a tire carrier for supporting the spare tire and having a swivel with a shank portion and a head portion along the shank...
6164100 Device for securing a spare tire  
A locking shaft extends from the end of the hoist shaft through the hole in the rear bumper of a vehicle. The front end of the locking shaft is tapered to fit within the end of the hoist shaft. A...
6132162 Storage construction for spare tire of motor vehicle  
A storage construction in which a spare tire of a motor vehicle is stored, comprising: a tire storage portion for storing the spare tire, which is disposed under a floor panel of the motor vehicle;...
6079932 Corrosion resistant spare tire storage and retrieval system and safety latch assembly for a vehicle, and method of using same  
A support member for supportively holding a spare tire beneath a vehicle includes a platform section having a cutout area formed therein, the cutout area having an upper cutout portion and a lower...
6067825 Spare wheel lock construction  
A vehicle spare wheel lock construction including a lock body having a funnel guide mounted on one end thereof and a multi-fingered spring-type retaining washer mounted on the other end thereof for...
6053690 Spare tire caddy with mechanized elevation means  
A spare tire caddy is provided including a mounting assembly adapted for being mounted on an underside of a vehicle. Also included is a tire pod slidably coupled to the mounting assembly for...
5993133 Retractable spare tire carrier  
An apparatus designed to carry a spare tire against the underside of a vehicle, rearwardly thereof, featuring a mounting plate, for the tire assembly, attached to the first end of a cantilever arm....
5975827 Spare tire mounting structure  
A spare tire bracket 1 composed of a disk-shaped flat plate member is disposed on the upper surface of a spare tire 4 in such a manner that the spare tire bracket 1 is in contact with the spare...
5975498 Spare tire lift/carrier unit with dual retainers  
A spare tire and wheel assembly for a motor vehicle are held in a stored position under the vehicle body by a compact tire lift unit or winch having a primary flexible cable extending to the center...
5954246 Automotive spare tire storage system  
A spare tire storage system for an automotive vehicle includes a swing arm having a first end rotatably attached to a first portion of a vehicle undercarriage and a second end detachably engagable...
5951232 Assembly for extracting a spare tire from vehicle storage  
An extracting assembly is used to extract a spare tire from a wheel well disposed below a load platform of a motor vehicle. The extracting assembly includes a base with a pivoting member extending...
5893494 Device for storage of a spare tire beneath a floor of an automotive vehicle and incorporating means for coupling a jack-storage housing  
A spare tire-storage device incorporating a movable support basket capable of housing the tire, this basket being coupled to a housing used to store an object. The coupling arrangement (12) is...
5871327 Vehicle wheel handling device  
A vehicle wheel handling device for assisting in the mounting or demounting of a vehicle wheel onto or from the spare wheel storage position of a vehicle, comprises a wheel support mechanism for...
5860786 Spare tire holder having a slidable support shelf  
A spare tire holder which lowers at least the rearward end of a slidable support shelf via first and second rear telescopic vertical support members wherein the slidable support shelf includes a...
5836182 Spare tire locking device  
A spare tire is mounted on a hoist having a hoist shaft. A rear bumper has a vertical portion with a hole providing access to the hoist shaft, a horizontal portion attached to the vertical portion...
5823408 Device for mounting/demounting spare tire for automobile  
A device for mounting/demounting a spare tire for automobiles, comprises: a pivot support bracket which is installed in recesses formed on the bottom of a trunk, and includes a turn support hole...
5803324 Lightweight stowable tire carrier for automotive vehicle and method of use  
A lightweight stowable carrier for a tire of an automotive vehicle such as a truck or trailer comprises a plurality of straps, preferably formed of woven webbing. In a first embodiment, one set of...
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