Patent ID: 6434980
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
A tire clamp for immobilizing a vehicle for preventing a vehicle from being driven by precluding the rotation of a single tire thereof, wherein the tire is mounted on a rim, the tire clamp comprising, in combination:a fixed bar having a generally L-shaped configuration, the fixed bar being comprised of a horizontal segment and a vertical segment which extends substantially orthogonal to the horizontal segment, the horizontal segment being comprised of an inner portion and an outer portion, the inner portion having a plurality of sharpened teeth extending downwardly therefrom, the sharpened teeth pointing in a direction parallel to the vertical segment, the vertical segment having an inwardly angled lower portion, the fixed bar being positionable with respect to a tire with the horizontal segment disposed above the tire with the plurality of sharpened teeth abutting the tire and pointed thereat with the inwardly angled lower portion positioned against an interior of the rim the tire is mounted on the outer portion having a plurality of apertures; a movable bar removably coupling with the fixed bar for engaging the tire, the movable bar being comprised of an elongated vertical component, the vertical component having an aperture therethrough for receiving the outer portion of the horizontal segment of the fixed bar therein, the vertical component having an inwardly angled lower portion, the movable bar being positionable with respect to a tire such that said inwardly angled lower portion the movable bar and the inwardly angled lower portion of the fixed bar are positioned against an exterior of the rim the tire is mounted on and pinch the rim therebetween; and a lock positionable through one of the plurality of apertures of the outer portion of the horizontal segment of the fixed bar after the movable bar has been positioned to lock the position of the movable bar upon the fixed bar.