Patent ID: 7988402

Claim:
A tire-handling device, comprising: a floor having mutually opposed first and second ends and mutually opposed first and second sides, a first sidewall and a second sidewall extending upwardly from the first and second sides of the floor, respectively, each of the sidewalls having an upper edge having a tire clearance relief formed therein; first and second handles extending upward from the first and second ends of the floor, respectively, each of the handles having: a generally vertically-disposed base tube extending upwardly from the floor; a vertically adjustable tire cradle attachment tube telescopically extending from each of the base tubes; a generally horizontally disposed handgrip portion extending from each of the tire cradle attachment tubes; a latch release lever pivotally secured to each of the handgrip portions; a latch mechanism selectively locking each of the cradle attachment tubes in place within the corresponding base tube, the latch mechanism being selectively released by the corresponding latch release lever for adjusting the height of each of the cradle attachment tubes and an arcuately curved tire support cradle extending therebetween; and the arcuately curved tire support cradle extending between the tire cradle attachment tubes, the cradle having a generally central opening defined therein and the remaining portions of the cradle being imperforate, mutually opposed first and second rollers disposed transversely within the opening; and a tire support belt rotatably disposed about the first and second rollers, whereby the tire support belt defines the exposed surface through the opening.