Patent ID: 8733809

Claim:
A method for handling a wheel of large mass from a storage position, the method comprising: positioning a first handling device on the wheel, the first handling device comprising at least two flexible non-elastic attachments parallel to one another and linked by at least two flexible non-elastic fastenings, said flexible non-elastic attachments and said flexible non-elastic fastenings enable the tire tread mounted on said wheel to be encircled over substantially 360° by the first handling device, said flexible non-elastic attachment thus being positioned at each side flank of said wheel, bringing the ends of said different flexible non-elastic attachments together so as to imprison said wheel within said first handling device, and hooking said ends of said different flexible non-elastic attachments of said first handling device onto a second handling and lifting device, wherein a length of the flexible non-elastic attachments of the first handling device is greater than that of a perimeter of the wheel.