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US 10,266,021 B2Granted
Tire chain and components thereof
AssigneePro Vide Australia Pty Ltd
InventorsRodney Edward Coles, Owen Douglas Coles
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Abstract
A link member for a tire chain, comprising a body including a cavity for receiving a portion of a ring element therein, the body also including an opening for inserting the ring element into the cavity, said body further being adapted to receive a retaining member for closing the opening and retaining the ring element in the cavity.
Claims16
A tire chain for a tire, the tire chain comprising
- a plurality of first and second tire chain units, the first tire chain units comprising a first link member and the second tire chain units comprising a second link member, the first and second link members having one or more seamless ring elements received therein, the first tire chain units being arranged in a mesh and configured, in use, to lie adjacent to the side wall of the tire, the second tire chain units being arranged in a mesh and configured, in use, to lie adjacent to the ground engaging portion of the tire, wherein the second link members further comprise:
- a body including a cavity for receiving a portion of the one or more seamless ring elements therein, the body also including a ground engaging portion incorporating wear material to provide a traction surface that, in use, contacts the ground and provides traction and tire protection;
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- an opening for inserting at least one of the one or more seamless ring elements into the cavity,
- the body further including a threaded bore provided in the ground engaging portion for receiving a retaining member for closing the opening and retaining the one or more seamless ring elements in the cavity;
- wherein the first link members do not include the ground engaging portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.