Abstract: A portable apparatus is provided for dislodging a tire bead from the bead seat of a wheel rim of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a pair of telescoping tubes (12, 14) which carry wheel rim engaging clamps (16, 18) at opposing outer ends of the tubes. The telescoping tubes are fixedly adjustable which allows the clamps to engage diametrically opposite portions of the wheel rim and to be tightened in place. A bead breaker foot (26) is carried at the outer end of tube (12) adjacent to engaging clamp (16). The breaker foot is movable and can be adjusted downwardly to break the tire away from the wheel rim.

Abstract: An animal trap and ball detent trigger means therefor is disclosed. The trap is of shaft and block construction with the cable carrying block spring biased toward one end of the shaft. The shaft is longitudinally bored at one end thereof with a transverse bore intersecting the longitudinal bore for receiving ball bearings to be used for detaining the cable carrying block in a set position against a spring bias. A plunger extends into the longitudinal bore for reciprocating between a position holding the ball bearings in a block detaining position and a position in which the ball bearings may be forced inwardly into the shaft to release the block. The plunger and a trigger member are spring biased in a home set position. The trigger member has a conically shaped end which rests in a correspondingly conically shaped trigger block with one end of the plunger in spring bias contact therewith.