Apparatus for installing tire chains
Assignee906161 Alberta Ltd.
InventorCyril Marcel Amyotte
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for installing tire chains including a support and a spool rotatably mounted to the support for rotation about a rotational axis. The support is attached to a vehicle. A tire chain is provided having a first end and a second end. The first end is detachably secured to the spool. When the spool rotates in a first direction the tire chain is wound onto the spool. When the spool is rotated in a second direction tire chain is fed from the spool. The second end of the tire chain is secured to a tire. As the tire rotates, tire chain is drawn from the spool and wrapped around the tire.
Claims23
An apparatus for installing tire chains, comprising:
- a support;
- a spool rotatably mounted to the support for rotation about a rotational axis;
- means for attaching the support to a vehicle;
- means for detachably securing a tire chain to the spool, such that when the spool rotates in a first direction the tire chain is wound onto the spool and when the spool is rotated in a second direction tire chain is fed from the spool;
- means for selectively rotating the spool in the first direction.
An apparatus for installing tire chains, comprising:
- a support;
- a spool rotatably mounted to the support for rotation about a rotational axis;
- means for attaching the support to a vehicle;
- means for detachably securing a tire chain to the spool, such that when the spool rotates in a first direction the tire chain is wound onto the spool and when the spool is rotated in a second direction tire chain is fed from the spool;
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- a torsion spring biasing the spool for rotation in the first direction.
A method for installing tire chains, comprising the steps of:
- providing a support with a spool rotatably mounted to the support for rotation about a rotational axis;
- attaching the support to a vehicle adjacent to a tire with the rotational axis of the spool in parallel spaced relation to the rotational axis of the tire;
- providing a tire chain having a first end and a second end;
- detachably securing a first end of the tire chain to the spool, such that when the spool rotates in a first direction the tire chain is wound onto the spool and when the spool is rotated in a second direction tire chain is fed from the spool;
- securing the second end of the tire chain to a tire, such that, as the tire rotates, the spool rotates in the second direction and tire chain is drawn from the spool and wrapped around the tire.
In combination:
- a vehicle having tires each of the tires being rotatably mounted tires for rotation a rotational axis;
- a support having a spool rotatably mounted to the support for rotation about a rotational axis, the support being mounted to the vehicle adjacent to one of the tires with the rotational axis of the spool in parallel spaced relation to the rotational axis of the tire;
- a tire chain having a first end and a second end, the first end being detachably secured to the spool, such that when the spool rotates in a first direction the tire chain is wound onto the spool and when the spool is rotated in a second direction tire chain is fed from the spool;
- means for detachably securing the second end of the tire chain to a tire;
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- means for selectively rotating the spool in the first direction.
A fender mounting for a vehicle, comprising:
- a first fender support adapted to be secured to and support a first end of a fender;
- a second fender support adapted to be secured to and support a second end of the fender;
- means for pivotally securing the first fender support to a vehicle;
- means for detachably securing the second fender support to a vehicle, such that the second fender support is detachable from the vehicle to permit the fender to pivot with the first fender support.
An apparatus for attaching a tire chain to a dual wheels, comprising:
- a generally “T” shaped member consisting of two pivotally connected bodies, each of the bodies:
- a main shaft with a first end and a second end, the main shafts being pivotally secured in parallel spaced relation by at least one band;
- arms projecting outwardly from the first end of each main shaft;
- feet projecting outwardly from the second end of each main shaft in parallel spaced relation to the arms;
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- means for attaching tire chains positioned at spaced intervals along the arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.