Patent ID: 7870677

Claim:
A wheel clamp assembly for attaching to a vehicle wheel for performing a wheel alignment on the vehicle, the wheel clamp assembly comprising: an upper sliding bracket for engaging the vehicle wheel; a lower sliding bracket for engaging the vehicle wheel; exactly one guide bar simultaneously slidably engagable with the upper and lower brackets when the upper and lower brackets are engaging the vehicle wheel; and a lead screw threadingly engagable with the upper and lower brackets when the guide bar is engaging the upper and lower brackets, for adjusting a distance between the upper and lower brackets to rigidly attach the wheel clamp assembly to the vehicle wheel; wherein the guide bar and the lead screw are substantially parallel to each other and spaced from each other when the guide bar and the lead screw are engaging the upper and lower brackets; and wherein the upper and lower brackets each has a first lateral end and a second lateral end, the guide bar engages proximal the first lateral end of each of the brackets, and the lead screw engages proximal the second lateral end of each of the brackets.