Patents by Inventor Charlie L. Lundborg

Charlie L. Lundborg has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Portable automobile rim crusher
    Patent number: 4083394
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing the rubber tire casing from the steel rim of an automobile wheel which comprises a set of hydraulic cylinders and wedge shaped members which simultaneously converge on the tire casing and wheel to deform the tire rim into the figure of a three-leaf clover so that the tire rim can easily be removed from the inside of the casing. The wedge shaped member includes means for gripping a tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1978
    Assignee: LaFont Corporation
    Inventors: Leo L. Heikkinen, Kenneth D. Danielson, Charlie L. Lundborg