Abstract: An automatic winch drive system (AWDS) adapted to mount a motorized conveyance and designed specifically to raise and lower a spare tire and wheel. The AWDS is adapted to mount a motorized conveyance at the rear portion of same during factory installation or as an after-purchase accessory/enhancement. The principal object includes the following: a power cell, a reversing control switch, an electric gear motor, an adapter, a drive, a gib, threaded fasteners, a limit switch, an alert and a manual redundancy. The redundancy activates the gear motor's rotor, gearbox and drive; it is built into the system to override the automatic setting in the event of an electrical malfunction or power failure. The principal object has a warning mechanism that broadcasts an alert when the winch cable has been deployed; it remains in effect until the spare tire and wheel are returned to their appropriate storage configuration.
Abstract: A concentrically shaped, moisture and dust resistant apparatus for storing tools and roadside emergency equipment. The device is designed to remain in a suspended state between the wheel of a spare tire and the underside of a motor vehicle. It is positioned above the spare tire on the metal portion of the wheel and is held in place by means of a factory installed winch system. The principal object has two separate, semi-circular compartments which, when joined, form a spherically shaped apparatus. An inner circular opening located at the mid-point of the principal object allows a spare tire retention cable and its fastening means to be received and passed through it. The arcuate exterior has positioned upon it three essentially flat and level surface segments: one at 180 degrees at the bottom of the device and two on adjacent, but opposite sides of the principal object, at 90 and 270 degrees, respectively.