Patent ID: 6161996
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
Securing apparatus for immobilizing at least one wheel of a wheeled vehicle resting upon a support surface of a transporting conveyance, said wheel having resilient sidewall structure, said apparatus comprising:a) paired gripping members elongated between first and second extremities and adapted to hingedly engage said support surface in a manner permitting rotative motion between a storage state which disposes said gripping members upon said support surface, and an active state disposing said gripping members in facing parallel spaced apart relationship upright from said support surface, each gripping member including a straight rail elongated between first and second extremities and fabricated of square tubular steel having upper and lower surfaces and opposed inside and exterior surfaces, andb) levered locking means associated with the extremities of said gripping members and adapted to draw said gripping members together, producing said active state which applies compressive force upon said sidewall structure of said wheel of said wheeled vehicle disposed upon said support surface in a manner wherein the plane of the circumference of said wheel is disposed in parallel relationship between said gripping members.