Patent ID: 7942620

Claim:
A tire handling apparatus comprising: a structural body composed of a hydraulically actuated scissor lift assembly for adjusting the height of a tire receiving platform; said structural body further comprised of vertical members and horizontal members joined together to make up an upper body; said vertical members being further divided into upper vertical members and lower vertical members and said horizontal members being further divided into upper horizontal members and lower horizontal members with said upper vertical members being perpendicularly attached to said upper horizontal members and lower vertical members being perpendicularly attached to said lower horizontal members so as to form a lower body; said upper body raising or lowering telescopically in relation with said lower body as said scissor lift assembly raises or lowers, rolling off underneath horizontal tracks on casters; said scissor lift assembly being rotationally attached to said lower body; a first and a second cross beam; said first cross beam being fixedly attached to a base; said second cross beam being fixedly attached to said lower body; said first and second cross beams supporting a hydraulic piston; said hydraulic piston actuating said scissor lift for raising and lowering said tire receiving platform; a movable plank rotating along an axis point and moving outwardly in relation to said structural body; said movable plank being slidingly attached to said horizontal tracks running longitudinally across the length of said tire receiving platform so as to align itself with any of a plurality of receiving niches; said plurality of receiving niches, each being separated from adjacent receiving niches by partition means.