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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sandy Ochoa, Alamogordo, NM (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
157-13 ; 157-122 ;
Abstract
A tire iron for mounting and demounting tires from rims. The demounting head has a ball and neck for confining the tire bead and rim edge while the tire bead is peeled off. The mounting head also contains a ball and neck for similarly confining the tire bead. The mounting head is affixed to the tire iron so that it is substantially perpendicular to the plane of the rim while mounting a tire. The tool has flattened sides to maintain the direction of the mounting head while in use. Due to the unique ball and neck design, the tire tool has a working angle of 10.degree. to 60.degree. from the plane of the rim and can be used in a clockwise or counter clockwise direction.