Inventors:
Charles Horrell - McGrady NC, US
Jeff Grossman - Berkeley CA, US
Joshua Kaufman - Northampton MA, US
Rebecca Schwartz - Newton MA, US
Drew Ulrich - Winston Salem NC, US
Laura Weyl - Amherst MA, US
Jimmy Ray - Las Cruces NM, US
Andrew E. Smith - Redwood City CA, US
Assignee:
Advanced Transit Dynamics, Inc. - South San Francisco CA
International Classification:
B60R 9/00
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.