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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Angela Renee Golovoy, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Edgar George Trudeau, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Mark Paoletti, Washington, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
224 4223 ; 224 4221 ; 224 4224 ; 414463 ;
Abstract
A spare tire storage system for an automotive vehicle includes a swing arm having a first end rotatably attached to a first portion of a vehicle undercarriage and a second end detachably engagable to a second portion of a vehicle undercarriage, the swing arm rotatable in a vertical and horizontal plane when in a disengaged state, and a tire attached to the second end of the swing arm.