US 12,103,575 B2
Wheel storage apparatus and kit
David Green, Toronto (CA); John Paul Schmider, Scarborough (CA); Timothy James Sommerfeld, Ariss (CA); Edmond Mok, Scarborough (CA); Patrick Tallon, Toronto (CA); and Abdul Haleem Ahamed Koya, Oakville (CA)
Assigned to CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION, LIMITED, Toronto (CA)
Filed by Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited, Toronto (CA)
Filed on May 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/661,790.
Claims priority of application No. CA 3119375 (CA), filed on May 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0371639 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B62B 1/26 (2006.01); A47F 7/04 (2006.01); B60B 30/10 (2006.01); B62B 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC B62B 1/264 (2013.01) [A47F 7/04 (2013.01); B60B 30/10 (2013.01); B62B 1/12 (2013.01); B62B 2202/031 (2013.01); B62B 2206/02 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel storage apparatus comprising:
a frame having:
a loading platform having a first end and a second end opposing the first end, the loading platform being generally parallel with and at a loading height from a loading surface and configured to cradle a plurality of wheels about a circumferential portion of each wheel, when the wheel storage apparatus is in a first orientation;
a wheel supporting platform coupled to the first end of the loading platform, the wheel supporting platform configured to support the plurality of wheels in a stacked configuration when the wheel storage apparatus is in a second orientation;
a wheel assembly; and
a handle section coupled to the second end of the loading platform having a handle base shaped and positioned to support the second end of the loading platform when the wheel storage apparatus is in the first orientation;
wherein:
the wheel storage apparatus is configured to rotate from the first orientation to the second orientation about a pivot axis proximate the first end of the loading platform;
the pivot axis is generally aligned with an axle of the wheel assembly; and
the loading height is the same or less than a height from the loading surface to the axle of the wheel assembly.