System and method for tire debris containment
AssigneeClipperdidit, Inc.
InventorPhillip N. SMITH
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Abstract
A tire debris containment and wrapping system including a frame mountable to a vehicle or trailer. An engagement arm deploys a wrapping material that surrounds and contains the tire upon tire damage or imminent tire failure. The wrapping material prevents tire debris from separating from the tire and entering the roadway. An in-cab monitoring and alarm system is optionally provided to signal the operator of a tire failure.
Claims30
A containment system to prevent detachment of debris from a damaged tire, the containment system comprising:
- a quantity of tread containment material;
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- an actuator for application of the tread containment material onto a tire.
A method of preventing tire debris from being dispersed from a tire, said method comprising applying a debris containment material onto a tire upon damage to the tire.
A roll of tire debris containment material for use in connection with a containment system to prevent detachment of debris from a damaged tire, the tire having a tire circumference and a tire width, the roll of tire debris containment material comprising a sheet of flexible material having a sheet length at least sufficient to wrap around the tire circumference and a sheet width at least equal to the tire width.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.