Patent ID: 8337135
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for holding a wheel hub of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a main body portion having a first end, a second end and a length between the first end and the second end; a well for receiving a wheel hub of a vehicle without a tire, the well disposed between the first end and the second end of the main body portion, the well having a radius of curvature and size corresponding to the wheel hub of the vehicle without the tire; a first horizontal portion extending between the first end and the well and a second horizontal portion extending between the second end and the well; and a first holder disposed beneath the main body portion at the first end of the main body portion, the first holder for contacting and resting on top of a first of a plurality of parallel bars of a towing device, the plurality of parallel bars sized for normally holding a vehicle tire when the vehicle has a tire on its wheel hub and further the plurality of parallel bars for holding the apparatus on the towing device when the apparatus is placed on the plurality of parallel bars, wherein said well of the apparatus is disposed above the plurality of bars for holding the wheel hub of the vehicle without the tire above the plurality of bars when the wheel hub is received within the well.