Patent ID: 8240197

Claim:
A vehicle testing assembly for testing at least the brakes of an assembled vehicle, said testing assembly comprising: a pair of rollers, said pair of rollers adapted to support a tire of a tire and wheel assembly of a vehicle positioned on said testing assembly, said pair of rollers comprising a first roller and a second roller with said first and second rollers being moveable relative to one another to alter the spacing between said pair of rollers; a drive system connected to said first roller whereby said first roller comprises a drive roller for selectively imparting rotational motion to a tire of a vehicle tire and wheel assembly, with said second roller comprising a freewheeling roller to which rotational motion is imparted by a vehicle tire; and a brake member, said brake member being engageable with at least one of said first roller and said second roller to selectively inhibit rotation of engaged ones of said first and second rollers, wherein said first and second rollers are moveable toward one another into a closed position in which said first and second rollers are in substantial proximity for aiding the entry and exit of a vehicle to and from said testing assembly, and wherein said brake member engages said second roller when said first and second rollers are in said closed position.