Traction arms for vehicle anti-skid device

In a traction arm for a vehicle anti-skid device of the type having a hub rotatably mounted on a carrier, said carrier being mounted for swinging movement between a retracted position remote from a vehicle traction wheel and a position adjacent the lower portion of the traction wheel the improvement comprising:

• a plurality of traction segments slidably mounted on a common central core, at least one of the traction segments beveled internally to enable it to tip on the common central core, stop means on the common central core at each end of the plurality of traction segments to maintain the traction segments on the common central core, said common central core having flexibility to allow the plurality of traction segments to conform to road and traction wheel contours, and means to attach the common central core to the hub.