US 12,420,602 B2
Articulating tire valve stem install-removal tool and related methods
George Walter Tatum, Oxford, NC (US); Graham Kendall Snyder, Graham, NC (US); Mackenzie John Owen Snyder, Haw River, NC (US); Scott R. Lakin, Stem, NC (US); Kristopher Jon Soderstrom, Raleigh, NC (US); and Brian Patrick Rigney, Raleigh, NC (US)
Assigned to Dill Air Controls Products, LLC, Oxford, NC (US)
Filed by Dill Air Controls Products, LLC, Oxford, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/370,043.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/407,824, filed on Sep. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0092128 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. B60C 25/18 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 25/18 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An articulating tire valve stem install-removal tool for removing a tire valve from a valve hole in a wheel rim comprising a body, a rotating threaded member, an articulating rim contact member, a connecting linkage and a handle; each of said rotating threaded member and said articulating rim contact member are movably connected to said body; said handle is connected to said body and spaced from one or more of said rotating threaded member, said articulating rim contact member, and said connecting linkage; said articulating tire valve install-removal tool is configured to remove a tire valve from a wheel rim while a longitudinal axis of the tire valve remains parallel or nearly parallel to a valve hole longitudinal axis of a valve hole in the wheel rim during removal of the tire valve from the wheel rim; said rotating threaded member is pivotally connected to a front portion of said body; said rotating threaded member is hingedly connected to a first end of said connecting linkage; a second end of said connecting linkage is hingedly connected to a top portion of said articulating rim contact member; and wherein an interconnection between said rotating threaded member, said connecting linkage and said articulating rim contact member is configured to result in interactive movement between said rotating threaded member and said articulating rim contact member during operation of said articulating tire valve install-removal tool.