Patent ID: 6164100
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
A device adapted for securing a spare tire mounted on an existing hoist of a vehicle for which use of said device is contemplated and having a bumper with an offset cross-section and an existing hoist shaft terminating in a socket-like formation at a distal end spaced behind an access opening in the vehicle bumper, the device comprising:a removable locking shaft positionable for extending unattached between the distal end of the hoist shaft and the bumper of the vehicle with which said device is to be utilized through the access opening in the bumper, wherein the locking shaft comprises an elongated cylindrical bar with a plain distal end and of a diameter throughout the length of the bar that is uniformly smaller than the diameter of the opening in the bumper, so that the locking shaft can pass completely through the opening and when removed renders the hoist shaft of the vehicle capable of being operated;the opposite end of the locking shaft being insertable into a rotational interlocking engagement with the distal end of the hoist shaft;a transverse aperture defined in the locking shaft between the distal end of the hoist shaft and an interior surface of the bumper in close proximity to the offset cross-section of the bumper; anda lock for attachment through the aperture of the locking shaft for said lock and locking shaft to afford a limited arcuate displacement from a standing relation until said lock incurs a rotational interference relation with respect to the offset cross-section of the bumper whereby to prevent removal of the locking shaft from the hoist shaft and to prevent further rotation of the locking shaft.