Magnetic protecting device for vehicle tires

A device for protecting the tire of a vehicle comprising:

• a web attachable to a vehicle such that said web hangs in a vertical planar relationship facing a forward treaded surface of the tire;
• a magnet having forward and rearward portions, and having a width at least approximately equal to the width of the treaded surface of the tire;
• means for hinging said forward portion of said magnet to a bottom of said web;
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• means for restricting a rotation of said magnet about said hinging means to a preselected maximum angle below horizontal;
• said web comprising a plurality of tiers of spaced apart plates, each of said plates having an upper and a lower horizontal bore therethrough transverse to the longitudinal axis of said plates, said upper bores of each said tier of plates being alternately axially aligned with said lower bores of the next higher said tier of plates, a plurality of means for hingably connecting said tiers of plates, one said hingably connecting means disposed through bores aligned on the same axis, and means disposed on said hingably connecting means for securing each of said hingably connecting means in position in said bores.