Tire chain holder
OwnerKenneth L. Batesinventor
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Abstract
A holder for organizing, securing and storing a tire chain for a vehicle wheel when chain is not in use and for facilitating application of chain when being applied. An apparatus of this invention consists of a platform with a pair of spaced apart mounds, around, behind, and in front of which the chain cross links are juxtapositionally aligned in reverse order of application to the tire. A pair of trays on each side thereof store the excess links. A rod passes through each tray parallel to the platform and is threaded through the end links of each cross chain, thereby securing and preventing chain entanglement. Upon application, the vehicle is mounted upon the mounds and the rods removed, leaving all chain links unrestricted in position for applying chain.
Claims2
A tire chain holder comprising:
- a pair of bases, spaced apart, each of which is surrounded by upstanding edges forming a pair of trays, each with lateral sides and end sides, which contain in the end sides means of retaining locking devices;
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- a raised platform with an upper and lower surface formed in conjunction with one of the lateral sides of each tray and extending between the pair of trays;
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- configured upon the upper surface of the platform, a raised edge, a length of platform, a raised mound, a shorter length of platform, a like raised mound, a like shorter length of platform, a like raised edge;
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- configured within the lower surface of said platform vertical ribs which intersect longitudinally and transversely one with the other;
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- locking devices retained by and extending between the end sides of each tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.