Patent ID: 7025545
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for adjustably securing an ATV tire to a flat bed of a pick-up truck, said apparatus comprising: a plurality of coextensive O-rings spaced along a longitudinal length of said apparatus; a plurality of fasteners oppositely registered along the longitudinal length of said apparatus and laterally situated from said O-rings such that said fasteners become disposed at opposite ends of said apparatus; a plurality of central straps having oppositely registered looped end portions, each of said looped end portions defining a passageway for receiving at least a portion of said O-rings therethrough respectively, said central straps being permanently conjoined to said O-rings and slidably adjustable about a circumference of said O-rings for assisting a user to position said central straps about an outer surface of an ATV tire; a first strap having oppositely registered looped end portions, one of said end portions of said first strap defining a passageway for receiving at least a portion of one of said O-rings and being permanently conjoined thereto, another one of said looped end portions of said first strap defining a passageway for removably receiving one of said fasteners therethrough; a second strap having opposed end portions, one of said end portions of said second strap being permanently conjoined to one of said O-rings, said second strap and said first strap being axially registered and medially alignable with one of said central straps; means for adjusting a longitudinal length of said second strap for assisting a user to secure an ATV tire to the flat bed of the pick-up truck; and a plurality of anchoring brackets fastened to the flat bed of the pick-up truck, said brackets being permanently secured to selected regions of the flat bed of the pick-up truck and arranged in such a manner that at least one ATV tire becomes medially nested between a pair of said brackets so that said bracket pair becomes centrally registered forward and rearward of the at least one ATV tire, each of said brackets having a monolithically formed D-shaped portion extending vertically therefrom for receiving a hook therethrough.