Patent ID: 8517446

Claim:
A vehicle, comprising: a boot compartment; a spare wheel, which is housed within the boot compartment; and a thrust device, which is set within the boot compartment, having an inclined plane resting on which is a portion of the spare wheel, and coupled to push the spare wheel in an eccentric way in order to bring about a rotation of the spare wheel about a horizontal axis of rotation and towards a vertical position following upon a progressive reduction of a size of the boot compartment during impact; wherein the thrust device includes a bracket, which is constituted by a tube bent to form a U, defines the inclined plane, and rises in cantilever fashion from a wall of the boot compartment; wherein the spare wheel includes a rim and a tire mounted on the rim, the being provided with a central hub that rests on the inclined plane without being fixed to the inclined plane so that the central hub is free to slide along the inclined plane; wherein the thrust device does not collapse during impact so that the spare wheel is pushed by a collapsing of the boot compartment to be forced to slide along the inclined plane of the thrust device.