Tire changing kit

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to tire changing kits and more particularly pertains to a new tire changing kit for quickly changing tires on a vehicle.

2. Description of the Prior Art

The use of tire changing kits is known in the prior art. More specifically, tire changing kits heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.

The prior art includes jacks and air guns for raising and lowering the jacks with the air guns being attached with hoses to an air compressor disposed in a vehicle. While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned prior art do not disclose a new tire changing kit.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new tire changing kit which has many of the advantages of the tire changing kits mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new tire changing kit which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art tire changing kits, either alone or in any combination thereof. The present invention includes a power supply being adapted to be disposed in a vehicle and including a motor having a rotatable shaft and being adapted to be connected with wires to a power source of the vehicle and also including hoses; and also includes a jack being detachably connected to one of the hoses for raising and lowering the vehicle; and further includes an assembly of removing lugs from a tire of the vehicle including an air gun being connected to another one of the hoses. None of the prior art includes the combination of elements of the present invention.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the tire changing kit in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a new tire changing kit which has many of the advantages of the tire changing kits mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new tire changing kit which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art tire changing kits, either alone or in any combination thereof.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new tire changing kit for quickly changing tires on a vehicle.

Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new tire changing kit that is easy and convenient to use.

Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new tire changing kit that allows the less fortunate people to be able to change the tires on one's vehicle without injuring oneself and without having to jack up one's vehicle manually.

These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1

is a side elevational view of a new tire changing kit according to the present invention.

FIG. 2

is a detailed side elevational view of the motor, air compressor, and hose connectors of the present invention.

FIG. 3

is a detailed front elevational view of the motor, air compressor, and hose connectors of the present invention.

FIG. 4

is a perspective view of the carrying case, air gun, sockets, jack, and hoses of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to

FIGS. 1 through 4

thereof, a new tire changing kit embodying the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral

10

will be described.

As best illustrated in

FIGS. 1 through 4

, the tire changing kit

10

generally comprises a power supply being adapted to be disposed in a vehicle

38

and including a mounting bracket

40

being adapted to be securely mounted in the vehicle

38

, and also including a motor

11

being securely and conventionally attached to the mounting bracket

40

and having a rotatable shaft

12

and an on/off switch and being adapted to be connected with wires

13

to a power source of the vehicle

38

, and also including hoses

24

,

25

. The power supply also includes an air compressor unit

14

-

16

being adapted to be securely and conventionally mounted to the mounting bracket

40

and being energized by the motor

111

and having an air tank

14

, a rotatable shaft

15

, and a compressor

16

for creating pressurized air in the air tank

14

, and further includes a first pulley

17

being conventionally mounted to the rotatable shaft

12

of the motor

11

, and also includes a second pulley

18

being conventionally mounted to the rotatable shaft

15

of the air compressor unit

14

-

16

, and further includes an endless belt

19

being carried by the first and second pulleys

17

,

18

, and also includes an air conduit

20

being conventionally connected to the air tank

14

, and further includes hose connectors

22

,

23

being conventionally attached to the air conduit

20

. The air conduit

20

has a fork-shaped end portion

21

. The hose connectors

22

,

23

are generally ribbed nozzles which are removably engaged in open ends of the hoses

24

,

25

.

A jack

26

is detachably connected to one of the hoses

24

for raising and lowering the vehicle

38

. The jack

26

includes a support member

27

for resting upon a surface, and also includes a tubular base member

28

being conventionally mounted upon the support member

27

, and further includes a shaft

29

being movably and conventionally disposed in and extended from the tubular base member

28

for raising and lowering the vehicle

38

.

A means of removing lugs from a tire

39

of the vehicle

38

includes an air gun

30

being connected to another one of the hoses

25

. The air gun

30

includes a barrel

31

, a handle

32

, a stub shaft

34

being rotatably disposed in an end of the barrel

31

, a trigger

33

for energizing the stub shaft

34

, and a hose connecting member

35

for connecting to the hose

25

. The means of removing lug nuts from a tire

39

of the vehicle

38

also includes socket members

36

being removably and conventionally attached to the stub shaft

34

for rotation therewith and being adapted to engagably receive the lug nuts of the tire

39

. The jack

26

, the air gun

30

, the socket members

36

, and the hoses

24

,

25

are conveniently stored in a carrying case

37

having a plurality of storage compartments being separated by partitions.

In use, the user turns on the motor

11

using the on/off switch

41

which causes the air tank

14

to fill with pressurized air. The pressurized air is used to energize the jack

26

for raising the vehicle

38

and also used to energize the air gun

30

so that the lug nuts on the tire

39

can be easily removed to change the tire

39

from the vehicle

38

. The air gun

30

is also used to fasten the lug nuts to a replacement tire being mounted to the vehicle

38

.

As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and operation of the present invention, the same should be apparent from the above description. Accordingly, no further discussion relating to the manner of usage and operation will be provided.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present invention.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the tire changing kit. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.