Arrangement for converting a vehicle wheel with a simple rim in a vehicle wheel with double rim

摘要

An adapter kit for changing a single wheel mounting on a vehicle to a dual wheel mounting and comprising a sleeve adapted to be positioned against the outer surface of the single wheel in substantial axial alignment with the wheel axle and extending outwardly from the wheel, a flanged plate member secured to the outer end of the sleeve and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures provided therein, a plurality of longitudinally extending tube members rigidly secured to the wall of the sleeve with a tube member being disposed in alignment with each of the apertures of the flanged plate for receiving a threaded stem therethrough, nut members interposed between each tube and the usual lugs bolts of the single wheel for securing a threaded stem to each lug bolt, an abuttment provided on the opposite faces of the flanged disc whereby one abuttment engages the inner periphery of the sleeve and the opposite abuttment engages the inner periphery of the sleeve and the opposite abuttment receives the central of a second wheel thereagainst, and lug nuts removably secured to the outer ends of the threaded stems outboard of the second wheel for securing the wheel to the flanged plate and axle of the vehicle.