Bracket assembly for securing a compact spare tire and a full size tire

The present invention relates to a bracket assembly, which, when attached to a motor vehicle, secures a compact spare tire and a regular tire, when the regular tire is replaced by the compact tire, at a predetermined location on or within the vehicle. More particularly, the present invention relates to a bracket assembly for securing a compact spare tire in a first spare location (such as a trunk well or other storage volume), and, when the compact spare is removed for use, securing the full sized tire (usually a non functioning flat) that the spare has replaced, adjacent to the space formerly occupied by the spare tire. The invention is useful when the volume of the compartment used for the storage of a compact spare does not accommodate a full sized tire having a volume, width or diameter greater than that of the compact spare. An assembly for storing a compact spare tire in a motor vehicle in which a second tire of regular size (larger than the compact spare) is secured at a predetermined space adjacent or within the vehicle on a second plane distal from the plane of the storage location of the compact spare, after the compact spare tire is removed and the regular tire is replaced, for example, in the event of a flat. The assembly includes first and second brackets cooperatively oriented to secure the tires in first and second separated planes.