Assembly-type tire protector

An assembly-type tire protector comprising a plurality of weld free annular members disposed substantially parallel to the tire surface and a plurality of link members disposed substantially perpendicular to the tire surface, said annular members having an uninterrupted, uniform continuous surface and each of said annular members being connected together to the next adjacent annular member by said link members to form a net, said link members being uniformly distributed throughout the net, each of said link members comprising, in combination, a body portion being provided at both ends with opposing hook-like arms and bent portions, said hook-like arms and said bent portions defining an opening therebetween, said body portion containing a blind hole including a substantially flat bottom and expanding means disposed in said blind hole, a pin means having a head portion and a base portion, said base portion containing an aperture for mounting on said expanding means in an upright position in said body portion with said head portion being substantially coplanar with the bent portions and substantially occupying the opening between said opposing hook-like arms and said bent portions, said blind hole in said base portion being of sufficient depth so that a vacant area remains above the expanding means when the pin is sufficiently forced into the blind hole in the body of the link member around the expanding means for expanding said base portion of said pin within said hole, thereby locking said pin in position within said blind hole around a portion of said expanding means, said blind hole including said substantially flat bottom portion and an entrance, the size of said substantially flat bottom portion being larger than the size of the entrance of said blind hole, said expanding means being a spherical wedge member and a portion of said pin means extending beneath said spherical wedge as said pin is forced into said blind hole.