Patent ID: 6824121
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: B60P,B66F,Y10T

Abstract:
A wheel securing device for use with a wheel cradle of a automobile dolly for securing an automobile wheel towing an automobile, such wheel securing device comprising:a frame, having a front panel and an inside panel and an outside panel; the inside panel and the outside panel being generally parallel to one another and both the inside panel and the outside panel being generally at right angles to the front panel; a shaft mounted to rotate in the frame and extending beyond the frame, the shaft having a slot through it within the frame; a ratchet gear mounted on the shaft outside and adjacent to the frame; a latch mounted to rotate on the frame to engage the ratchet gear to permit rotation of the ratchet gear and the shaft in only one direction; a web assembly for mounting on the automobile wheel connected to the shaft at the slot for mounting on the automobile wheel; and a drive wheel having a circumference mounted on the shaft having a nut extending from it, the drive wheel having a side facing the ratchet gear and an opposite side and having the nut mounted on the opposite side for tightening the web assembly on the automobile wheel, the drive wheel having openings about the circumference.