Spare tire extraction device

Abstract

A strap has a handle formed at one of its ends and a fastener at its other end. The fastener is fitted in the bolt hole of the wheel on which a spare tire is mounted. The strap goes under the tire and provides a means for conveniently removing the spare tire and wheel from the trunk of a passenger car.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. In combination, an .[.automobile body.]. .Iadd.automotive vehicle .Iaddend.having a longitudinal axis and an interior storage area, a .[.raised.]. .Iadd.generally upstanding .Iaddend.wall along an access side of said storage area, said wall extending generally perpendicular to said axis and transversely of said .[.automobile body.]. .Iadd.vehicle.Iaddend., a spare tire assembly including a tire and wheel, means in said storage area supporting said assembly in a substantially horizontal attitude and substantially parallel to said axis, said wheel having a plurality of .[.bolt.]. holes .Iadd.formed .Iaddend.therein, said .[.bolt.]. holes being defined by a plurality of axes arranged generally parallel to said wall, and a flexible strap having a length equal to at least the radial distance between said .[.bolt.]. holes and the outer periphery of said assembly and having a handle at one end thereof and a fastening element at its opposite end, said fastening element extending generally parallel to said wall .Iadd.and extending axially through .Iaddend.and .[.engaged with one of said bolt holes.]. .Iadd.cooperative with one of the holes for securing said opposite end of said strap to said assembly, .Iaddend.said strap having a main body portion arranged substantially parallel to said .[.automobile body.]. .Iadd.vehicle .Iaddend.axis and extending radially of said assembly along the underside thereof from said one .[.bolt.]. hole to a position where said handle may be conveniently grasped by a person reaching .[.over said wall.]. into said storage area, whereupon said strap may be pulled .Iadd.in a direction causing said fastening element to move .Iaddend.toward said wall by the said person .[.to.]. .Iadd.and thereby .Iaddend.cause said assembly to be biased .[.rearwardly and upwardly of said storage area, whereby the rearwardly facing portion of said assembly is moved upwardly and rearwardly so that said assembly passes up and over said wall.]. .Iadd.longitudinally of the vehicle and out of said storage area. .Iaddend..Iadd. 2. The combination as set forth in claim 1 wherein said spare tire assembly includes a central hole formed in said wheel and a plurality of circumferentially spaced bolt holes formed in said wheel at a position radially outwardly from said central hole, and wherein said fastening element is cooperative with one of said bolt holes for securing said oppsite end of said strap to said assembly. .Iadd. 3. The combination as set forth in claim 1 wherein said strap extends rearwardly of said assembly whereupon said assembly will move rearwardly of said storage area when said person exerts a rearwardly applied force to said strap.