Lifting device for vehicle wheels

摘要

A device for lifting and holding the front or rear wheels of small to medium size and weight vehicles such as snow blowers, golf carts or lawn mowers is disclosed. The device contains two platform assemblies configured for wedging under the wheels of vehicles and a hoist configured for lifting the wheel to a desired height to provide access to the underside of the vehicle.

主权项

1. A device for lifting and holding two parallel vehicle wheels off a floor comprising:
a first platform assembly and a second platform assembly, said first platform assembly and said second platform assembly each containing a flat plate, a front brace, a first side wall and a second side wall, wherein a rear portion of said first side wall comprises a notch and a rear portion of said second side wall comprises a notch, said flat plate having a uniform thickness; a support bar disposed in parallel with the floor, said first platform assembly and second platform assembly being attached to the support bar in a manner that said first platform assembly and second platform assembly are being configured for horizontal and sideways sliding only movement on said support bar, said first platform assembly and second platform assembly also being configured for positioning and repositioning on said support bar; said sideways sliding movement of the first platform assembly and the second platform assembly being configured to adjust a distance between the first platform assembly and the second platform to line up with vehicle wheels respectively, said first platform assembly being adapted for containing only one vehicle wheel and said second platform assembly being adapted for containing only one vehicle wheel; said flat plate being configured for lifting and holding a vehicle wheel, said flat plate also being configured for wedging between the wheel and the floor, said wedging being accomplished by using sufficient force on the device as to insert said flat plate between the wheel and the floor, said flat plate being configured only for movement parallel to the floor; said notch being adapted to hold a barrier rod for preventing the wheel from shifting off the plate; a hoist member for lifting the support bar upward and lowering said support bar to the floor; and a power supply for the hoist member.