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US 6,869,150 · App. 10/198,860 · Granted Mar 22, 2005

Tire step

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Patent No.
US 6,869,150
App. No.
10/198,860
Granted
Mar 22, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

An improved tire step that is capable of mounting to a vehicle wheel's support studs to enable a person to use the step to elevate himself off of the ground to reach a portion of the vehicle. In one form, the tire step comprises a first ring having a plurality of holes positioned in a spaced apart relationship around the ring. A second ring is provided and a plurality of spaced apart bars joins the first ring to the second ring.

Claims (12)

1. A tire step device that attaches to a vehicle wheel's support studs, said step device comprising:

a first ring having a plurality of spaced apart holes, said holes positioned on the ring to receive the corresponding wheel's support studs;

a second ring having an outer diameter smaller than the first ring outer diameter; and

a means for connecting the first ring to the second ring whereby the second ring is spaced apart from said first ring.

2. The tire device of claim 1 wherein the means for connecting are a plurality of spaced apart rods.

3. The tire step device of claim 1 wherein the first ring has eight holes equally spaced apart around the ring.

4. The tire step device of claim 1 wherein the means for connecting is eight rods and the second ring is connected to the first ring by said eight rods which are equally spaced around the first ring and the second ring.

5. The tire step device of claim 1 further comprising a hub cap wherein the hub cap fits within the first ring inner diameter.

6. The tire step device of claim 4 wherein the eight rods are connected to the first ring at the outer diameter of the first ring.

7. The tire step device of claim 4 wherein the eight rods are connected to the first ring at the inner diameter of the first ring.

8. The tire step device of claim 1 wherein the first ring has ten holes equally spaced apart around the ring.

9. The tire step device of claim 1 wherein the means for connecting is ten bars and the second ring is connected to the first ring by said ten bars which are equally spaced around the first ring and the second ring.

Continuity (1)
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