ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,153, issued on July 14.
"Auxiliary wheel assembly" was invented by Anner Quiroz (Long Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auxiliary wheel assembly for temporarily replacing a broken wheel to facilitate transport of a vehicle includes a shaft having a bottom end and a top end. A wheel is rotatably coupled to the shaft. The wheel is positioned adjacent to the bottom end of the shaft. A coupler is coupled to the top end of the shaft. The coupler is designed to releasably secure the shaft to an axle of a vehicle. The shaft is designed to position the wheel beneath the vehicle to facilitate movement of the vehicle when the veh...