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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1999
Fredrick B. Taylor, Rome, GA (US);
F .B. T. Enterprises, Inc., Rome, GA (US);
Abstract
A reversible wheel weight (,) is used for counterbalancing an industrial vehicle, by attaching the weights directly to the wheel (,) of the vehicle. The wheels of industrial vehicles typically are dish-shaped so that they can be reversed on their mounting hubs so as to spread the wheels farther apart or closer together, as may be required for the working conditions. The reversible wheel weights of this invention are similarly shaped, having a dish-shaped annular weight body (,) defining an inner annular peripheral surface (,) and an outer annular peripheral surface (,) and openings (,and,) for access to the lugs of the wheel, but having concave and convex opposed surfaces (,and,) for mounting to the convex or concave surfaces (,) of the wheel of the vehicle. In addition, the concave/convex surfaces of the wheel weight correspond in shape so as to be nestable with one another, whereby multiple ones of the wheel weights can be mounted together and attached to the wheel of the vehicle.