Patent ID: 9566926
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: B60B,B60P,B60R,B60T,Y10T

Claim:
1. A guard for a wheel rotatably mounted on a machine or appliance with the wheel having a horizontal axle, comprising: a horizontally disposed first base member having a first end, a second end, a lower end and an upper end; said first base member being positioned at one side of the wheel; a horizontally disposed second base member having a first end, a second end, a lower end and an upper end; said second base member being horizontally spaced from said first base member and being positioned at the other side of the wheel; said upper ends of said first and second base members dwelling in a plane below the horizontal axle of the wheel; an upstanding first end member having a lower end, an upper end, a first side, a second side, an outer end wall with lower and upper ends, and an inner end wall with lower and upper ends; said outer end wall of said first end member extending upwardly and inwardly from said lower end thereof to said upper end thereof; said inner end wall of said first end member extending upwardly and inwardly from said lower end thereof to said upper end thereof; said lower end of said first end member being positioned between said first ends of said first and second base members; said upper end of first end member dwelling in a plane above said upper ends of said first and second base members; an upstanding second end member having a lower end, an upper end, a first side, a second side, an outer end wall with lower and upper ends, and an inner end wall with lower and upper ends; said outer end wall of said second end member extending upwardly and inwardly from said lower end thereof to said upper end thereof; said inner end wall of said second end member extending upwardly and inwardly from said lower end thereof to said upper end thereof; said lower end of said second end member being positioned between said second ends of said first and second base members; said upper end of said second end member dwelling in a plane above said upper ends of said first and second base members; said upper ends of said inner end walls of said first and second end members dwelling in a plane above the horizontal axis of the wheel; and said upper ends of said inner end walls of said first and second end members being spaced-apart a distance which is less than the diameter of the wheel.