Patent ID: 8210404
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for preventing theft of a spare tire and rim suspended in a storage position under a vehicle comprising, a cable having two ends with one end for connection to the vehicle, a retainer having the other end adapted for having the cable affixed thereto, a first tube having a length, an inner diameter, an outer diameter, a first end and a second end, a second tube having a length, an inner diameter, an outer diameter, a first end and a second end, wherein the inner diameter of the second tube is larger than the outer diameter of the first tube, whereby the first tube is constructed to be slidable into the second tube so that the tubes are assembled in an operative configuration, whereby the first tube is constructed to be nonrotatable with respect to the second tube when the tubes are in the operative configuration, and whereby when the spare tire and rim are in the storage position suspended under a vehicle the cable, first tube, second tube and retainer are adapted to firmly hold the spare tire and rim under the vehicle with the retainer in abutment with the underside of the tire rim and the first tube and second tube extending substantially below the tire rim.