In the context of service and maintenance of heavy road vehicles, apparatus is provided that is configured to engage and support a rack and manoeuvre it into position relative to the vehicle to facilitate removal and installation of the wheels. The rack has a frame with a base and a pair of arms, each arm being pivotally attached to opposite sides of the base to pivot between an open configuration and a folded configuration. The apparatus may be expanded and contracted between an expanded configuration, where the rack engagement assembly is configured to engage the rack in the open configuration, and a contracted configuration where the rack engagement assembly is configured to engage the rack in the folded configuration.
A RACK AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING WHEELS
GESTELL UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM TRAGEN VON RÄDERN
SUPPORT ET APPAREIL POUR SOUTENIR DES ROUES
2021-09-01
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch