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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2005
Brian Gray, Conway, AR (US);
Ronald D. Swayne, Sherwood, AR (US);
Matthew T. Foreman, Greenbrier, AR (US);
Donald A. Healy, Conway, AR (US);
James L. Dale, Jr., Conway, AR (US);
Brian Gray, Conway, AR (US);
Ronald D. Swayne, Sherwood, AR (US);
Matthew T. Foreman, Greenbrier, AR (US);
Donald A. Healy, Conway, AR (US);
James L. Dale, Jr., Conway, AR (US);
Snap-On Incorporated, Pleasant Prairie, WI (US);
Abstract
An improved wheel alignment turntable for supporting a wheel of a vehicle. Embodiments include a turntable having a base, and a top plate for receiving the vehicle wheel, the top plate being mounted to an upper surface of the base for rotational and translational movement relative to the base. A pair of paddles, removably adjustably attachable to the base, engages a peripheral wall of the top plate for maintaining the top plate in a predetermined position relative to the base while the vehicle wheel is being positioned on the turntable. The paddles are easily removable when the wheel is supported on the turntable. A plurality of slide pads are removably mounted to a lower surface of the base, for enabling sliding motion between the turntable and a surface of a lift without damaging paint on the surface of the lift. The slide pads are stackable against one another for adjusting height of the turntable relative to the lift.