Tire spiker
AssigneeChris Ingraffia
InventorChris Ingraffia
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AssigneeChris Ingraffia
InventorChris Ingraffia
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The tire spiker is a L-shaped device deployable to a U-shaped deployed configuration having a first and second spike portion adapted to surround a tire on the front and back with a plurality of spikes held in a generally vertical disposition adjacent the tire tread. The tire spiker comprises a pair of L-shaped arms pivotally connected at one end to open to a U-shaped deployed configuration. Each of the L-shaped arms comprises a spacer and a spike portion. The spacers are hinged together. Each spike portion is on a respective spacer in a generally perpendicular disposition. Each spike portion comprises a spike side and a road side. Some of the plurality of spikes and a plurality of spike chambers are disposed in the road side of each spike portion. The spike chambers are adapted to receive a respective spike from the other spike portion in the carry configuration.
A tire spiker comprising:
A tire spiker comprising:
A tire spiker comprising a frame, the frame comprising a first spike portion, a second spike portion and a hinge, the first spike portion comprising a first spike side, the first spike side comprising a plurality of first spikes extending from the first spike side and a plurality of first spike chambers, each of the first spike chambers having an opening on the first spike side, the second spike portion comprising a second spike side, the second spike side comprising a plurality of second spikes extending from the second spike side and a plurality of second spike chambers, each of the second spike chambers having an opening on the second spike side, the hinge connected to the first spike portion and the second spike portion whereby the frame is movable from a deployed configuration having the first spike portion in spaced relation to the second spike portion, to a carry configuration having each one of the plurality of first spikes disposed in one of the plurality of second spike chambers and each one of the plurality of second spikes disposed in one of the plurality of first spike chambers.
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