IP Library Granted Patent US 8,657,078
Granted Patent B2
US 8,657,078 · App. 12/653,227 · Granted Feb 25, 2014

Wheel chock

Inventor: Stephen D. Wolfram (Savannah, MO)
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,657,078
App. No.
12/653,227
Granted
Feb 25, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wheel chock including a head for engagement with a vehicle wheel. The head has a blade that defines a pair of conjoined wedges oriented 180° apart. A hosel is affixed to, and extends laterally from, the middle of the blade. A handle is affixed to, and extends upwardly from, the hosel.

Claims (5)

1. A wheel chock, comprising:

a head for engagement with a vehicle wheel, said head including:

a blade having a pair of conjoined, first wedges oriented 180° apart; each of said first wedges having a first planar base surface at the bottom thereof parallel to the ground for flush positioning against the ground; and said first planar base surfaces; being coplanar with one another;

a hosel being affixed to, and extending at right angles from, the middle of said blade; said hosel being a second wedge with a planar second base surface at the bottom thereof; said second, base surface being coplanar with said first planar base surfaces of said blade; and said second wedge tapering in thickness from its connection to said blade to a free end remote from said blade such that said second wedge is provided with a top face that slopes downwardly and away from said blade; and,

a handle being affixed to, and extending upwardly from, said top face of said hosel.

Continuity (2)
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