Dual wheel adapter kit

Patent 4473258 Issued on September 25, 1984. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 25, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Patent References

1297243

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2635012

3664709

Dual wheel adapter kit Patent #: 4261621
Issued on: 04/14/1981
Inventor: Fox

Inventor

Fox, Floy

Application

No. 06/252852 filed on 04/10/1981

US Classes:

301/36.1, Dual wheels301/35.628, Dual wheel coupling301/35.629With adaptor

Examiners

Primary: Skaggs, H. Grant

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Head, Johnson, Stevenson

International Classes

B60B 11/02 (20060101)
B60B 11/00 (20060101)

Abstract

An adapter kit for changing a single wheel mounting on a vehicle to a dual wheel mounting and comprising a sleeve adapted to be positioned against the outer surface of the single wheel in substantial axial alignment with the wheel axle and extending outwardly from the wheel, a plurality of longitudinally extending tube members ridigly secured to the wall of the sleeve, with a tube member being disposed in alignment with each of the apertures of the single wheel for receiving a threaded stem therethrough, nut members interposed between each tube and the usual lug bolts of the single wheel for securing a threaded stem to each lug bolt, each of the tube members extending beyond the outer end of the sleeve for a snug engagement with the usual annular recess provided on the inside surface of a second wheel for alignment of the second wheel against the outer end of the sleeve, and lug nuts removably secured to the outer ends of the threaded stems outboard of the second wheel for securing the wheel to the sleeve for conversion of the single wheel installation to a dual wheel installation.