Patent ID: 7225849
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
1. A tire inflation and handling assistance device in combination with a hub and tire assembly comprising a hub and a tire, the device comprising: a support member; a hub engagement and stop structure mounted on said support member and pivotable between a first substantially horizontal position for supporting the hub and tire assembly and facilitating pressurization and inflation of the tire to seal the tire to the hub and a second tilted position for engaging solely a central opening of the hub of the hub and tire assembly when the hub and tire assembly is positioned adjacent to and leaned onto the hub engagement and stop structure, wherein the second tilted position facilitates engagement of or removal of the hub and tire assembly to or from the hub engagement and stop structure while the tire is on or near the ground, wherein the central opening of the hub is over the support member when the hub and tire assembly is in the first substantially horizontal position, and wherein the hub and tire assembly is solely supported by the hub engagement and stop structure.