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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1991
Loi V Tran, Easton, PA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A tool for installing a tire on a wheel rim includes an elongated body member with a handle at one end and a tool head at the other end. The tool head has a tire engaging member terminating in an insertion end and a contact end. The tire engaging member has a back face attached to a connector portion of the elongated body member, and a front face on an opposite side of the tire engaging member. A tire contact part extends above the front face at the contact end. A wheel rim contact member extends from the back face and terminates in a wheel rim contact part. A portion of the tire engaging member between the insertion end and the wheel rim contact member is insertable between a tire bead and a rim flange.