ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,217, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Biddle and Winters Partnership (San Antonio).
"Wheel-stabilizing chock systems" was invented by Douglas Glenn Biddle (Helotes, Texas) and James Michael Winters (Pattonville, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for stabilizing a vehicle wheel during installation while the vehicle wheel is suspended above a ground surface and not under load. A support structure is configured with a plurality of teeth or engagement points in a staggered and distributed configuration to engage the tread portion of the suspended tire and resist wheel rotation during torquing of wheel fastene...