Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Weber & Taylor
  • Patent number: 6588479
    Abstract: A tool for demounting a first and a second bead of a tire mounted on a rim, the tool comprising a handle having a first end for disengaging a first tire bead from a rim and a second opposite end for disengaging a second tire bead from the rim. The first handle end includes a heel extending radially outward from the handle; an elongate arm portion extending radially outward from the heel and forming a forward opening crook; a raised arm portion disposed adjacent the crook; and a tip extending radially outward from the body portion. The opposite second end of the tool handle is configured to disengage a second bead of the tire from the rim and includes a heel extending radially outward from the handle; an elongate lever arm portion extending radially outward from the heel and defining an open crook adjacent the heel; and an elongate raised arm portion adjacent the crook extending outward to a tip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Summit Tool Company
    Inventor: Roger Kliskey