JP7221563B1 - tire holder - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] To reliably suppress the fall of a tire placed vertically on a tire stand. [Solution] This tire holder includes a tire stand 1 on which a vertically placed tire is placed, a tire stop 21 that is attached to the tire stand 1 and that receives the outer peripheral surface of the vertically placed tire and suppresses the rolling of the tire. 22, a pillar 3 mounted vertically on the tire stand 1 and placed on one side of the tire to be placed vertically, and a pillar 3 that spans between the pillar 3 and the top of the tire to be placed vertically, and a tire to be placed vertically. It is provided with a band-shaped connecting member 4 that suppresses falling. [Selection diagram] Figure 2

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a tire holder that holds a vertically placed tire.

Conventionally, as this type of tire holder, there has been known a tire stand composed of a base member that supports the outer peripheral surface of a vertically placed tire and a pair of side support members that support both side surfaces of the vertically placed tire. (see Patent Document 1 below).

A front portion and a rear portion of the base member are formed in a triangular tubular shape so as to support the outer peripheral surface of the tire placed vertically.

One side support member of the pair of side support members is arranged on one side of the longitudinally placed tire, and the other side support member is arranged on the other side of the longitudinally placed tire.

Each side support member is bent perpendicularly to the bottom portion placed on the floor so as to support the side surface of the tire placed vertically. A pair of side support members are arranged to face each other.

A pair of connection members are connected to each side support member. A free end of the connection member of one side support member is slidably inserted into one end of the triangular cylinder of the base member, and the free end of the connection member of the other side support member. A free end of the connecting member is slidably inserted into the other end of the triangular cylinder of the base member.

Since the tire stand employs the structure described above, the tire stand can hold various tires having different tire widths.

U.S. Pat. No. 6,581,785

Due to the structure of the above tire stand, the position where the side support member supports the vertically placed tire is low. It may become stable.

Tires for SUVs (Sport Utility Vehicles), whose production volume has increased in recent years, are wider and heavier than tires for ordinary passenger cars (passenger cars other than SUVs). It could have stabilized.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a tire holder capable of more reliably suppressing tilting of a vertically placed tire.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 provides a tire holder for holding a tire that is placed vertically, in which a tire stand for mounting the tire that is placed vertically is provided. a column mounted on the tire base and arranged on one side of the longitudinally placed tire; and a band-shaped connection member that suppresses the collapse of the body.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the tire holder according to the first aspect, further comprising a rolling suppressing member mounted on the tire base to receive the outer peripheral surface of the vertically placed tire and suppress rolling of the tire. It is characterized by having

The invention according to claim 3 is the tire holder according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the pillars are arranged along the longitudinal direction of the pillars, and a plurality of belt-like connections through which the belt-like connection members are passed. It is characterized by having a member through-hole.

The invention according to claim 4 is the tire holder according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the columnar body and the lower portion of the vertically placed tire are spanned to support the vertically placed tire. It is characterized by further comprising a band-shaped rolling suppression member that suppresses rolling.

The invention according to claim 5 is the tire holder according to claim 4, wherein the pillars are arranged along the longitudinal direction of the pillars, and a plurality of strip-like rolling suppressing members pass through the strip-like rolling suppressing members. It is characterized by having a through hole.

The invention according to claim 6 is the tire holder according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a wheel holder mounted on the tire base.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided the tire holder according to the sixth aspect, further comprising a belt-like reinforcing member that spans between the column and the wheel holder to increase the mounting strength of the column to the tire base. It is characterized by

The invention according to claim 8 is the tire holder according to claim 7, wherein the pillars are arranged along the longitudinal direction of the pillars, and a plurality of pillar-side belt-like reinforcements through which the belt-like reinforcing members are passed. A member through-hole is provided, and the wheel holder has a plurality of wheel holder-side belt-shaped reinforcing member through-holes through which the belt-shaped reinforcing member is passed.

The invention according to claim 9 is the tire holder according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the tire base and the column are made of plastic corrugated cardboard.

The present invention can provide a tire holder that can more reliably suppress tilting of a vertically placed tire.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the front surface of a tire holder according to one embodiment of the present invention, viewed obliquely from above. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the left side of the tire holder of FIG. 1 as seen obliquely from above. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the right side of the tire holder in FIG. 1 as seen obliquely from above. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing how the tire holder of FIG. 1 is used. 5 is a perspective view of a tire base of the tire holder of FIG. 1; FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a tire stopper of the tire holder of FIG. 1; FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a column of the tire holder of FIG. 1. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an auxiliary column of the tire holder of FIG. 1. FIG. FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the wheel stand of the tire holder of FIG. 1 as seen obliquely from above. FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the wheel stand of FIG. 9 as seen obliquely from below. FIG. 11 is an exploded view of the column main body of the column of FIG. 12 is a plan view of the columnar shape-retaining plate of FIG. 7. FIG.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
A tire holder according to one embodiment of the present invention is a tire holder that holds a tire T placed vertically. "Longitudinal placement" of the tire means placing the tire so that the center axis of the tire is substantially parallel to the left-right direction RL of the tire holder (see FIG. 4).

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, this tire holder includes a tire base 1 on which a vertically placed tire T is placed, a column 3 vertically mounted on the tire base 1, and a column 3. A band-shaped connecting member 4 that is stretched over the upper portion T1 of the tire T and suppresses the tilting of the tire T that is placed vertically (inclination of the tire holder in the left-right direction RL), and an auxiliary column that is vertically mounted on the tire base 1. 7, an auxiliary strip-shaped connection member 8 that spans between the auxiliary column 7 and an intermediate portion T2 of the tire T that is placed vertically and suppresses the tilting of the tire T that is placed vertically, and is attached to the tire base 1, A pair of tire stoppers (rolling suppression members) 21 and 22 for receiving the outer peripheral surface Tcs of the lower portion T3 of the tire T placed vertically to suppress rolling of the tire T (movement of the tire holder in the front-rear direction FR), and a tire base. a wheel holder 5 mounted on the tire base 1;

The tire base 1, the column 3, the pair of tire stoppers 21 and 22, the auxiliary column 7, and the wheel holder 5 are each made of plastic cardboard.

The belt-shaped connecting member 4 is a belt that is stretched over the column 3 and the upper portion T1 of the tire T that is placed vertically. In this embodiment, a male fastener portion (not shown) of a planar fastener is attached to one end of the belt, and a female fastener portion (not illustrated) of a planar fastener is attached to the other end of the belt.

The auxiliary strip-shaped connecting member 8 is a belt that is stretched between the auxiliary column 7 and the intermediate portion T2 of the tire T that is placed vertically. In this embodiment, a male fastener portion (not shown) of a planar fastener is attached to one end of the belt, and a female fastener portion (not illustrated) of a planar fastener is attached to the other end of the belt.

The strip-shaped reinforcing member 6 is a belt that is stretched between the wheel holder 5 and the column 3 . In this embodiment, a male fastener portion (not shown) of a planar fastener is attached to one end of the belt, and a female fastener portion (not illustrated) of a planar fastener is attached to the other end of the belt.

The pillar 3 is arranged adjacent to one side of the longitudinally placed tire T (on the right side or the left side of the longitudinally placed tire T). The central axis of the columnar body 3 is substantially parallel to the vertical direction UD of the tire holder.

As shown in FIG. 7, the column 3 includes a column body 31 that can be bent into a U-shape, and a plurality of shape-maintaining brackets that are detachably attached to the column body 31 and maintain the U-shape of the column body 31 . plate 32;

As shown in FIG. 11, the column main body 31 includes a plurality of leg portions 31c extending in the longitudinal direction of the column 3, and a belt-like connecting member 4 that spans the column 3 and the upper portion T1 of the tire T that is placed vertically. Three through-holes (belt-shaped connecting member through-holes) 31a, two through-holes (column-side belt-shaped reinforcing member through-holes) 31b through which the belt-shaped reinforcing member 6 spanned between the column 3 and the wheel holder 5 are passed, and shape maintenance It has eight slits 31 d for mounting the plate 32 (see FIG. 12) on the column body 31 .

Each shape-retaining plate 32 has two parallel slits 32a as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 11, the column main body 31 is formed with two parallel folding lines N1 and N2 extending in the longitudinal direction of the column 3 . The column main body 31 has a first region portion 311 sandwiched between the folding line portion N1 and the folding line portion 2, and a second region portion 312 connected to the first region portion 311 via the folding line portion N1. , and a third region portion 313 connected to the first region portion 311 via the folding line portion N2.

In the first region 311, three through-holes 31a through which the band-shaped connecting member 4 is passed and two through-holes 31b through which the band-shaped reinforcing member 6 is passed are formed along the longitudinal direction of the column 3, respectively.

Four slits 31 d are formed along the longitudinal direction of the columnar body 3 in each of the second region portion 312 and the third region portion 313 .

As shown in FIG. 5, the tire base 1 has a plurality of through holes 1a-1p.
One tire stopper 21 is attached to the tire base 1 by inserting two legs 21a, 21a of one tire stopper 21 into the two through holes 1a, 1a. The other tire stopper 22 is attached to the tire base 1 by inserting the two legs 22a, 22a of the other tire stopper 22 into the two through holes 1b, 1b.

The four legs 31c, 31c, 31c, 31c of the column 3 are inserted into the four through holes 1c, 1c, 1d, 1d, respectively, and the column 3 is mounted on the tire base 1. As shown in FIG.

The four legs 71a, 71a, 71a, 71a of the auxiliary column 7 are inserted into the four through holes 1e, 1f, 1g, 1h, respectively, and the auxiliary column 7 is mounted on the tire base 1. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, six leg portions 51a of one wheel support portion 51 of the pair of wheel support portions 51 of the wheel holder 5 are inserted into the six through holes 1i to 1n, respectively. One wheel support portion 51 of the wheel holder 5 is attached to the base 1 . Six leg portions 51a of the other wheel support portion 51 of the pair of wheel support portions 51 of the wheel holder 5 are respectively inserted into the six through holes 1i to 1n, and the other wheel of the wheel holder 5 is mounted on the tire base 1. A support portion 51 is attached.

As shown in FIG. 10 , one leg portion 52 a of one of the pair of connecting portions 52 , 52 of the wheel holder 5 is inserted into one through hole 1 o so that the wheel holder 5 is mounted on the tire base 1 . One connecting portion 52 of is attached. One leg portion 52a of the other connecting portion 52 of the pair of connecting portions 52, 52 of the wheel holder 5 is inserted into one through hole 1p, and the other connecting portion 52 of the wheel holder 5 is attached to the tire base 1. be worn.

The auxiliary column 7 is arranged adjacent to one side of the vertically placed tire T (see FIG. 4). For example, when the column 3 is arranged on the right side of the tire T placed vertically, the auxiliary column 7 is also arranged on the right side of the tire T placed longitudinally. The central axis of the auxiliary column 7 is substantially parallel to the vertical direction UD of the tire holder.

As shown in FIG. 8, the auxiliary column 7 spans an auxiliary column main body 71 that is bent into an octagonal cylindrical shape, and an intermediate portion T2 of the tire T that is vertically placed between the auxiliary column main body 71 and the tire T. It has an auxiliary belt-shaped connecting member 8 for suppressing the tilting of the tire T placed vertically.

The auxiliary column body 71 is connected to four leg portions 71a extending along the axial direction of the auxiliary column body 7 and two through holes 22b1 of the connecting arm 22b of the tire stopper 22. , 22b1 are hooked (see FIG. 3), and a strip-shaped belt support 71f that is coupled to the auxiliary column body 71 and supports the auxiliary strip-shaped connecting member 8. As shown in FIG.

The auxiliary belt-shaped connecting member 8 is passed through two through holes formed at both ends of the belt support portion 71f and supported by the belt support portion 71f.

Of the pair of tire stops 21, 22, the rear tire stop 22 has two legs 22a, 22a and one connecting arm 22b (see FIG. 6). Two through holes 22b1, 22b1 are formed in the connecting arm 22b.

Of the pair of tire stops 21, 22, the front tire stop 21 has two legs 21a, 21a.

As shown in FIG. 9, the wheel holder 5 includes a pair of wheel support portions 51 and 51 on which the wheel 10 is placed, a pair of connection portions 52 and 52 that connect the pair of wheel support portions 51 and 51, and a pair of wheel support portions. Inclination angle adjusting plate members 53 and 53 are detachably attached to the portions 51 and 51 and adjust the inclination angle of the wheel 10 placed on the hole support portions 51 and 51 .

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the wheel support portion 51 is formed with two through-holes (wheel holder side auxiliary strip-shaped connection member through-holes) 5a, 5a through which the strip-shaped reinforcing member 6 is passed.

Each wheel support 51 has six legs 51a.
Each link 52 has one leg 52a.

Next, an example of how to use the tire holder according to this embodiment will be described.
First, the four legs 71a of the auxiliary column 7 are inserted into the four through holes 1e, 1f, 1g, and 1h of the tire base 1, and the auxiliary column 7 is attached to the tire base 1. As shown in FIG.

Next, the twelve leg portions 51a of the pair of wheel support portions 51, 51 of the wheel holder 5 are inserted into the fourteen through holes 1i, 1i, 1j, 1j, 1k, 1k, 1l, 1l, 1m, 1m, 1n, and 1n, and two leg portions 52a, 52a of a pair of connecting portions 52 of the wheel holder 5 are inserted into the through holes 1o, 1p of the tire base 1 to attach the wheel holder 5 to the tire base 1. Installing.

After that, the two leg portions 21a, 21a of one tire stop 21 are inserted into the two through holes 1a, 1a of the tire base 1, and the two leg portions 22a, 22a of the other tire stop 22 are inserted into the tire base 1. A pair of tire stoppers 21 and 22 are mounted on the tire base 1 by inserting them into the two through holes 1b and 1b.

When the two leg portions 22a, 22a of the tire stop 22 are inserted into the two through holes 1b, 1b of the tire base 1, the two leg portions 22a, 22a are completely inserted into the two through holes 1b, 1b. 22b1 of the connecting arm 22b of the tire stopper 22 are hooked on the two connecting hook portions 71e of the auxiliary column 7, and then the two leg portions 22a and 22a Insert completely into holes 1b, 1b.

Next, the four legs 31c, 31c, 31c, 31c of the column 3 are inserted into the four through holes 1c, 1c, 1d, 1d of the tire base 1, and the column 3 is attached to the tire base 1.

After that, one end of the belt-like connecting member 4 passed through any two through holes 31a out of the three through holes 31a of the column body 31 of the column 3 is passed through the center hole of the tire T, and the one end is The male fastener portion is adhered to the female fastener portion at the other end of the belt-like connecting member 4, and the belt-like connecting member 4 is stretched over the column 3 and the upper portion T1 of the tire T to be vertically placed with the column 3. Connect the tire T

Next, one end of the belt-shaped reinforcing member 6 passed through the two through holes 31b of the column main body 31 of the column 3 is passed through the two through holes 5a, 5a of the wheel holder 5, and the male fastener at one end is attached. part is adhered to the female fastener portion at the other end of the belt-like reinforcing member 6, and the belt-like reinforcing member 6 is stretched over the column 3 and the wheel holder 5, and the column 3 and the wheel holder 5 are connected.

Finally, the wheel 10 is placed on the wheel holder 5.
As described above, the tire T and the wheel 10 are held by the tire holder.

In this tire holder, the column 3 is mounted vertically on the tire base 1 as described above, and is arranged on one side of the tire T vertically placed on the tire base 1. Since the column 3 and the upper portion T1 of the vertically placed tire T are connected to each other, the tire T is reliably suppressed from falling down, and the tire T is stabilized.

Even if the tire T placed vertically on the tire base 1 has a large tire width and a heavy weight such as a tire for SUV, the falling of such a tire T is surely suppressed.

Since the band-shaped reinforcing member 6 is stretched over the column 3 and the wheel holder 5 to connect the column 3 and the wheel holder 5, the mounting strength of the column 3 to the tire base 1 is increased, and the tire T is more likely to collapse. definitely suppressed.

The auxiliary band-shaped connection member 8 supported by the belt support portion 71f of the auxiliary column 7 is stretched over the auxiliary column 7 and the intermediate portion T2 of the tire T placed vertically, thereby connecting the auxiliary column 7 and the tire T. are connected, the tilting of the tire T is suppressed more reliably.

In the tire holder in this embodiment, the tire T placed vertically on the tire base 1 is held by the pillars 3 and auxiliary pillars 7 arranged on one side of the tire T, so that various tires with different tire widths can be held. can be used as a holder for

In this embodiment, the tire holder is composed of the tire base 1, the column 3, the belt-like connecting member 4, the auxiliary column 7, the auxiliary belt-like connecting member 8, the tire stoppers 21 and 22, and the belt-like reinforcing member 6. The tire holder may be composed of only three components, the tire base 1, the column 3, and the band-like connecting member 4.

Further, in this embodiment, the pillar 3 and the auxiliary pillar 7 are arranged on one side of the longitudinally placed tire T, but only the pillar 3 is arranged on one side of the longitudinally placed tire T. good too.

In this embodiment, a pair of rolling suppressing members 21 and 22 that receive the outer peripheral surface Tcs of the longitudinally placed tire T and suppress rolling of the tire T are provided as rolling suppressing members that suppress the rolling of the tire T that is placed vertically. However, instead of or together with this, a strip-shaped rolling suppressing member (not shown) is provided across the column 3 and the lower portion of the vertically placed tire T to suppress the rolling of the vertically placed tire T. may be adopted.

The band-like rolling restraint member is a belt that is stretched over the column 3 and the lower portion of the tire T that is placed vertically. A male fastener portion (not shown) of a planar fastener is attached to one end of the belt, and a female fastener portion (not illustrated) of a planar fastener is attached to the other end of the belt.

The strip-like rolling suppressing member is passed through a plurality of through holes (strip-like rolling suppressing member through holes) 31b formed in the column 3 . A plurality of through holes 31 b are arranged along the longitudinal direction of the column 3 .

One end of the strip-like rolling suppressing member is passed through the center hole of the tire T, and the male fastener at one end is adhered to the female fastener at the other end of the strip-like rolling suppressing member. By bridging the lower part T3 of the placed tire T to connect the column 3 and the vertically placed tire T, rolling of the tire T is suppressed.

The through hole 31b is a through hole through which the belt-like reinforcing member 6 is passed, that is, a column-side belt-like reinforcing member through hole, and a through hole through which the belt-like rolling suppressing member is passed, that is, a belt-like rolling suppressing member through hole.

In this embodiment, the column 3 is composed of the column body 31 bent into a U-shape and a plurality of shape-maintaining plates 32 that maintain the U-shape of the column body 31. A tubular columnar body (not shown) such as a square cylinder may be employed instead of the columnar body 3 of the configuration.

The tire base 1, column 3, tire stoppers 21 and 22, auxiliary column 7, and wheel holder 5 of this embodiment are each made of plastic corrugated cardboard. Not limited to cardboard.

1 Tire bases 1a to 1p Through hole 21 Tire stop (rolling suppressing member)
21a leg portion 22 tire stopper (rolling suppressing member)
22a leg portion 22b connecting arm 22b1 through hole 3 column 31 column main body 31a through hole (belt-shaped connecting member through hole)
31b through-hole (column-side belt-shaped reinforcing member through-hole, belt-shaped rolling suppressing member through-hole)
31c leg portion 31d slit 311 first region portion 312 second region portion 313 third region portion 32 shape maintaining plate 32a slit 4 belt-like connecting member 5 wheel holder 5a through hole (wheel holder side belt-like reinforcing member through hole)
51 Wheel support portion 51a Leg portion 52 Connecting portion 52a Leg portion 53 Inclination angle adjusting plate member 6 Belt-shaped reinforcing member 7 Auxiliary column 71 Auxiliary column main body 71a to 71d Leg 71e Connecting hook portion 71f Belt support portion 8 Auxiliary Belt-shaped connecting member 10 Wheel T Tire T1 placed vertically Upper part T2 of tire placed vertically Middle part T3 of tire placed vertically Lower part Tcs of tire placed vertically Tcs Outer peripheral surface N1, N2 of tire Folding line UD Vertical direction RL Left-right direction FR Front-back direction

Claims (9)

In a tire holder that holds a vertically placed tire,
a tire stand on which the vertically placed tire is placed;
a pillar mounted on the tire base and arranged on one side of the longitudinally placed tire;
A tire holder, comprising: a belt-like connecting member that spans over the column and an upper portion of the vertically placed tire to suppress the falling of the vertically placed tire. 2. The tire holder according to claim 1, further comprising a rolling suppressing member attached to the tire base and configured to receive the outer peripheral surface of the vertically placed tire and suppress rolling of the tire. The pillar body
The tire holder according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a plurality of strip-shaped connection member through-holes arranged along the longitudinal direction of the column and through which the strip-shaped connection member is passed. 4. The vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a band-shaped rolling suppression member that spans between the column and a lower portion of the vertically placed tire to suppress rolling of the vertically placed tire. 1. Tire holder according to item 1. The pillar body
5. The tire holder according to claim 4, further comprising a plurality of strip-like rolling suppressing member through-holes arranged along the longitudinal direction of the column and through which the strip-like rolling suppressing member passes. The tire holder according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a wheel holder attached to the tire base. The tire holder according to claim 6, further comprising a belt-like reinforcing member that spans the column and the wheel holder and increases mounting strength of the column to the tire base. The pillar body
Having a plurality of pillar-side belt-shaped reinforcing member through-holes arranged along the longitudinal direction of the pillar and through which the belt-shaped reinforcing member passes,
The wheel holder is
The tire holder according to claim 7, further comprising a plurality of wheel holder-side belt-shaped reinforcing member through-holes through which the belt-shaped reinforcing member is passed. The tire holder according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the tire base and the column are made of plastic cardboard.

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