Snow and ice traction device for automotive vehicles
OwnerHenry B. Lewin, Peter Braticinventors
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Abstract
A traction device for a vehicle wheel composed of pair of cable members each having at least one closed loop formed in each end thereof, such that one end of each cable member can be extended through an aperture in a vehicle wheel and then the cable member can be wrapped toroidally around the wheel and the other loop end of the cable member can be passed through the loop in the first end and extended radially inwardly towards the axis of the wheel. The radially inwardly extended loop end of the cable member is then joined to at least one other similar cable member by a linearly adjustable connector such as a turnbuckle or an elastically resilient member with hooks thereon.
Claims27
A traction device for an automotive vehicle wheel comprising a pair of cable members each having a closed loop formed of said respective cables at each end thereof;
- one of said loops on each cable being of sufficient size that the other loop on said cable and said cable can be passed therethrough and each of said cables being sized to pass through an aperture in said wheel toroidally around an automotive vehicle tire and through said one loop;
- a plurality of substantially cylindrical traction elements disposed around a central portion of each cable member;
- means for retaining said traction elements in said central portion of each cable member;
- and linearly adjustable means for connecting said other loop of one cable member to a corresponding other loop of the other cable member across the axis of an automotive vehicle tire upon which said traction device is mounted.
A traction device for a wheel comprising a pair of cable members, each cable member having at least one closed loop formed of said respective cables at one end and a plurality of closed loops formed of said respective cables at the other end thereof;
- said loops on each cable being of sufficient size that one end loop of said cable and said cable can be passed through a loop on the other end of said cable, and each of said cables being sized to pass through an aperture in said wheel toroidally around an automotive vehicle tire and through a loop on said other end of the cable;
- a plurality of traction elements disposed around a central portion of each cable member;
- means for retaining said traction elements in said central portion of each cable member;
- and linearly adjustable means for connecting said one end loop of one cable member to a corresponding loop of the other cable member across the axis of the wheel upon which said traction device is mounted.
A traction device for an automotive vehicle wheel comprising a pair of cable members each having at least one closed loop formed of said respective cables at each end thereof;
- each loop on each cable being of sufficient size that a loop on the other end of said cable and said cable can be passed therethrough, and each of said cable members being sized to pass one end through an aperture in said wheel toroidally around an automotive vehicle tire and through a loop on the opposite end;
- a plurality of substantially cylindrical traction elements disposed around a central portion of each cable member;
- means for retaining said traction elements in said central portion of each cable member;
- and linearly adjustable means for connecting a loop on said one end of one cable member to a corresponding loop of the other cable member across the axis of an automotive vehicle tire upon which said traction device is mounted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.