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US 12,577,744 B2Granted
Device for thwarting vehicular stunts
AssigneeCorporate Growth LLC
InventorErik M. Upson
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Abstract
This invention relates to a selective tire-impairment device attachable to a roadway surface. The device can include a lateral surface having a piercing element. The piercing element can be oriented downward to selectively impair a sidewall of a tire traveling laterally without affecting a tire traveling in a typical forward direction. The piercing element can severely damage a tire of a vehicle performing a stunt, commonly referred to as a doughnut, due to the lateral direction of travel of a tire during the stunt.
Claims6
A car tire impairment device, comprising:
- a construct made to withstand the flow of car traffic on a roadway, a car tire impairment element protruding outward from a side of the construct, wherein the car tire impairment element comprises a sharpened triangular piercing element having a serrated characteristic, a base, and a sharpened edge, the car tire impairment element is configured
- (1) not to damage a car tire traversing the base and the sharpened edge in a forward and backward direction;
- and
- (2) to damage the car tire's side wall during rapid rotation of the car tire when the sharpened edge makes contact with the side wall.
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A car tire impairment device, comprising:
- a construct made to withstand the flow of car traffic on a roadway, wherein the construct has a truncated square pyramid shape, a car tire impairment element protruding outward from a side of the construct, wherein the car tire impairment element comprises a sharpened triangular piercing element having a serrated characteristic, a base, and a sharpened edge, the car tire impairment element is configured
- (1) not to damage a car tire traversing the base and the sharpened edge in a forward and backward direction;
- and
- (2) to damage the car tire's side wall during rapid rotation of the car tire when the sharpened edge makes contact with the side wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.