MICHAEL EMORY STEELMAN, SR
Pilots in Cheriton, VA
License number
Virginia A2493485
Issued Date
Jan 2017
Expiration Date
Jan 2018
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
PO Box 791, Cheriton, VA 23316
Professional information
Quick Release Spare Tire Rack
US Patent:
5370285, Dec 6, 1994
Filed:
Dec 16, 1993
Appl. No.:
8/167174
Inventors:
Michael E. Steelman - Cheriton VA
International Classification:
B62D 4300
US Classification:
224 42021
Abstract:
A swing-away rack for mounting a spare tire to a substantially vertical surface of a motor vehicle. A spare tire holder is mounted on a vertical support member which is pivotally mounted on a hinge. The hinge enables the support member and the spare tire to be swung sufficiently downwardly and backwardly to avoid the swinging arc of an adjacent door mounted on the motor vehicle, thus enabling access to the door. A latch maintains the support member in its normal, vertical orientation. The latch comprises a thin resilient bar which is disposed adjacent and parallel to the support member. The latch has an opening which cooperates with a projecting member secured to the vertical support member. When this projecting member penetrates the opening, the support member is constrained against lowering. When the latch is resiliently drawn away from the support member, the projecting member is released from the opening, and the support member may be lowered.