Patent ID: 8176960

Claim:
A system, comprising: a mounting mechanism for joining a tire to a wheel to form a mounted tire-wheel assembly, wherein the mounting mechanism is a tire/wheel mounting work station including: a working head, a shaft extending from said working head, and a working arm assembly attached to said shaft, wherein said working arm assembly includes a working end and an extension cylinder, wherein said extension cylinder is selectively adjustable in a radial direction with respect to the shaft the working arm assembly; and a wheeled cart movably-positioned upon a prescribed path, wherein the wheeled cart supports the wheel and the tire, wherein the prescribed path traverses the tire/wheel mounting work station for permitting the wheeled cart to be positionally-interfaced with the tire/wheel mounting work station, wherein the wheeled cart includes: a base portion connected to wheels, a shaft portion extending from the base portion, a support member having a lower surface and an upper work surface, wherein the lower surface is connected to the shaft portion, and a post member connected to and extending away from the upper work surface, wherein said working arm assembly includes an interconnected triangular linkage assembly having a first bar, a second bar, and a third bar, wherein the first bar is non-movably-arranged in a fixed orientation relative to the second bar and the third bar, wherein the second bar includes a first end that is pivotably-connected to a first end of the first bar to permit the second bar to be movably-arranged in a non-fixed orientation relative to the first bar, wherein the third bar includes a first end that is pivotably-connected to a second end of the first bar to permit the third bar to be movably-arranged in a non-fixed orientation relative to the first bar, wherein a second end of the second bar is pivotably-connected to a second end of the third bar.