Patent ID: 6907913

Claim:
A tire mounting device wherein a tire is mounted to a wheel, said device comprising: a table for securing the wheel in fixed position; a gripper arm having a pivot end that is located laterally from said mounting table, said gripper arm also having a grip end that is located oppositely from said pivot end, said gripper arm pivotally moving between a first position wherein the pivot arm is angularly oriented with respect to said table and a second position in which said pivot arm is substantially parallel to the surface of said table, the pivot end of said gripper arm being translationally moveable between a radially open position and radially closed position at times when said gripper arm is in said second position, the gripper and of said pivot arm being moveable between an open position in which a tire can be placed into or out of the gripper end, and a closed position in which the gripper end of the gripper arm clamps the tire; and a button arm that is moveable between a first position in which the arm is away from the mounting table such that it is laterally outside the upper bead rim of the wheel; and a second position in which the arm is laterally between the upper and lower bead rims of the wheel.