Daniel Wayne Arnett

US Patent:

48738514, Oct 17, 1989

Filed:

Mar 20, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/325951

Inventors:

Daniel W. Arnett - Owasso OK

International Classification:

E05B 6512

US Classification:

70259

Abstract:

A spare tire locking device for truck-trailer wheels and the like vehicles and for use in association with a conventional tire carrier mounted on the underside of the vehicle, comprising a generally gull-shaped member having a pair of upper and outwardly extending horizontal arms adapted to overlie the rim portion only of the wheel, a lower flat central portion connecting with the inner ends of the horizontal arms through a pair of upright members, a stud projecting downwardly from each horizontal arm, the studs being receivable in diametrically opposite bolt holes in the rim for bolting the gull-shaped member against the rim with the central portion and upright member being received in the pre-existing central opening in the rim, a hollow cylinder attached to the upper surface of the flat central portion, a smaller cylindrical tube attached to the upperside of the flat central portion in concentric relation with the cylinder and communicating with the cylinder through a hole in the central portion, and a T-bar having a vertical portion adapted to pass first through a pre-bored hole in the conventional tire carrier on which the wheel is mounted with the gull-shaped member attached thereto, the T-bar being adapted to pass upwardly through the tube and into the interior of the cylinder, the T-bar having a horizontal handle connected to the lower end of the vertical portion and a hole at the upper end of the vertical portion for attachment of a padlock to the vertical portion when it projects upwardly into the cylinder.