Patents by Inventor Reed Vanhouten

Reed Vanhouten 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).

  • Apparatus for mounting tires on large wheels
    Patent number: 7793699
    Abstract: A device for mounting a tire on a wheel that includes a locking ring to hold the tire in place on the wheel, where the device includes a locking member which locks to the rim of the wheel and includes a cross bar with depending feet, which is connected to the locking member and is movable toward the locking member with the depending push bars engaged with the locking ring to press the locking ring into locking engagement with the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Inventors: Reed Vanhouten, Jeremy Gunsolus
  • APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING TIRES ON LARGE WHEELS
    Publication number: 20090288781
    Abstract: A device for mounting a tire on a wheel that includes a locking ring to hold the tire in place on the wheel, where the device includes a locking member which locks to the rim of the wheel and includes a cross bar with depending feet, which is connected to the locking member and is movable toward the locking member with the depending feet engaged with the locking ring to press the locking ring into locking engagement with the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Reed Vanhouten, Jeremy Gunsolus