Title: Tire retrieval tool

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1. A tool for removing a tire assembly comprised of a tire mounted on a wheel from a tire well without altering the mounting of the tire on the wheel, said tool comprising a first arm manually grippable to exert manual force thereupon, a second arm for engaging the wheel of said tire assembly to be removed from the tire well, an elbow joining the first arm to the second arm at an acute angle between said first and second arms, said first arm and second arm being configured to operate as a torque-exerting member and thereby provide a mechanical advantage in exerting force upon the first arm, a tire engaging brace fixedly attached to said first arm at a point of attachment intermediate the elbow and a free end of said first arm, said brace being configured as a somewhat U-shaped member including a first segment for contacting and engaging a first sidewall of the tire, a second segment for contacting and engaging the tread of the tire, and a third segment for contacting the opposite sidewall of the tire, to thereby restrain motion otherwise tending to disengage said tire assembly from the torque-exerting member when the second arm engages the tire in a torque-exerting relationship, said third segment being substantially equal to 2 inches in length, said third segment being joined to the second segment at substantially an angle of 130.degree., said first segment being substantially seven inches in length, said first segment also being joined to said second segment at substantially an angle of about 120.degree. and said second segment having a length of substantially about 61/2 inches.

2. The tool of claim 1 further characterized in that the first segment is provided with an attaching segment for attachment to the first arm, and the attaching segment is joined to the first segment at an angle of substantially 90.degree. and is substantially equal to at least 1 inch in length.

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Inventors: Orsburn, William

Application Number: 425139
Filing Date: 1973-12-17
Publication_date: 1976-01-27
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 254/131
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

951200	Mar, 1910	Pilliner	157/1.
2547474	Apr, 1951	Munyon	254/131.
2808162	Oct, 1957	Hellyer	254/131.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Smith, Al Lawrence
Assistant Examiner: Watson, Robert C.
Attorney: Ashen; Robert M., Schaap; Robert J.