Patent ID: 6263996
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: B60R,B62D

Abstract:
A wheel retainer for retaining a wheel assembly on a vehicle, the wheel retainer comprising:a pair of mounting brackets, said mounting brackets having a first portion with a first end and a second portion with a second end, the mounting brackets adapted to be mountable on an underframe of a vehicle, to bracket an axle of the vehicle on which at least one wheel is held, such that the first end of the first portion of the mounting bracket attaches to the underframe, and extends below the underframe to the second portion, the second portion of the mounting bracket extending outwardly parallel to the axle, to the second end in front of the outermost of the at least one wheel; andat least one retaining bar, said at least one retaining bar extending substantially perpendicular to said axle from the second end of one mounting bracket to the second end of the other mounting bracket,and wherein the second portion of the mounting bracket is a hollow tube and the second end is open, and the retaining bar additionally comprises substantially perpendicular tube portions at its ends, which perpendicular tube portions slide into the second ends of the mounting brackets.