Patent ID: 6273515
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
An adjustable rim assembly of a wheel of an industrial vehicle for changing the spacing of the wheel from the vehicle, comprising:a rim base having a cylindrical inwardly facing surface defining a central axis;a mounting rail concentric with said axis and rigidly connected to and extending radially inwardly from said cylindrical inwardly facing surface of said rim base;said mounting rail formed of a series of axially inner and axially outer planar mounting panels each extending normal to said axis and alternately axially off-set from one another about said rim base with intermediate axially extending support panels joined to said mounting panels, all of said axially inner mounting panels positioned in a first common plane and all of said axially outer mounting panels positioned in a second common plane, said axially inner and axially outer mounting panels each defining opposed axially inner and axially outer mounting faces and connector openings therein;mounting clamps positioned in a common plane against said mounting faces of at least some of said alternate ones of said mounting panels, said mounting clamps each defining at least one clamp plate opening therethrough adapted to align with one of said connector openings of said mounting rail and a clamp stem opening adapted to align with connectors of a wheel hub, whereby said mounting clamps are mountable at their mounting plate openings to either of said axially inner or axially outer surfaces of either of said axially inner or axially outer mounting panels to provide multiple positions of the mounting clamps along the axis of the rim base.