Anti-skid apparatus
OwnerJerry Hicksinventor
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Abstract
An anti-skid apparatus for a tire is provided. The anti-skid apparatus includes a traction member that is positionable across the tread of the tire and a fastening assembly which is connected to the first and second ends of the traction member and extended through an opening in the wheel on which the tire is mounted. The fastening assembly tightens the traction member to maintain the traction member in engagement with the tread of a tire. A modified tire rim having a passageway extending therethrough for use with the anti-skid apparatus of the present invention is also provided.
Claims14
An anti-skid apparatus in combination with a tire having a tread, an inner sidewall, and an outer sidewall and mounted on a wheel which includes a rim on which the tire is mounted and a hub connected to the rim by a flange having at least one opening extending therethrough, the rim of the wheel having a notch extending from an outer side of the wheel to an inner side of the wheel and in communication with the opening of the flange, the anti-skid apparatus comprising:
- a traction member having a first end and a second end and positioned transversely across the tread of the tire from the inner sidewall to the outer sidewall;
- and
- fastening means connected to the first and second ends of the traction member and extending through the opening of the rim for fastening the traction member to the tread of the tire, the fastening means comprising:
- a flexible strap having a first end and a second end, the flexible strap positioned through the opening of the rim and in the notch of the rim with the first end of the strap connected to the second end of the traction member;
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- cinching means connected to the first end of the traction member and the second end of the strap for adjustably tightening the strap and the traction member to maintain the traction member in engagement with the tread of the tire,
- wherein the notch of the rim is dimensioned to retain the strap when the strap is tightened and received in the notch.
The combination of claim wherein the strap is a wire cable.
An anti-skid apparatus in combination with a tire having a tread, an inner sidewall, and an outer sidewall and mounted on a wheel which includes a rim on which the tire is mounted and a hub connected to the rim by a flange, the rim having a passageway extending from an outer side of the rim to an inner side of the rim, the passageway of the rim intersecting an outward surface of the rim and an inner tube disposed in the tire to isolate the passageway of the rim from air disposed in the inner tube for inflating the tire, the anti-skid apparatus comprising:
- a traction member having a first end and a second end and positioned transversely across the tread of the tire from the inner sidewall to the outer sidewall;
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- fastening means connected to the first and second ends of the traction member and extending through the passageway of the rim for fastening the traction member to the tread of the tire, the fastening means comprising:
- a flexible strap having a first end and a second end, the flexible strap positioned through the passageway of the rim with the first end of the strap connected to the second end of the traction member;
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- cinching means connected to the first end of the traction member and the second end of the strap for adjustably tightening the strap and the traction member to maintain the traction member in engagement with the tread of the tire.
A method of increasing traction and preventing slippage of a tire having a tread, an inner sidewall, and an outer sidewall and mounted on a wheel which includes a rim on which the tire is mounted and a hub connected to the rim by a flange having an opening extending therethrough, the rim having a passageway extending from an outer side of the rim to an inner side of the rim, the passageway of the rim intersecting an outward surface of the rim, an inner tube being disposed in the tire to isolate the passageway of the rim from air disposed in the inner tube for inflating the tire, the method comprising:
- positioning a traction member transversely across the tread of the tire;
- attaching a flexible strap to one end of the traction member;
- threading the other end of the strap through the passageway in the rim of the wheel;
- connecting the strap to the other end of the traction member;
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- tightening the strap and the traction member to maintain the traction member in engagement with the tread of the tire.
A method of increasing traction and preventing slippage of a tire having a tread, an inner sidewall, and an outer sidewall and mounted on a wheel which includes a rim on which the tire is mounted and a hub connected to the rim by a flange having an opening extending therethrough, the rim having a notch extending from an outer side of the rim to an inner side of the rim and in communication with the opening of the flange, the method comprising:
- positioning a traction member transversely across the tread of the tire;
- attaching a flexible strap to one end of the traction member;
- positioning the other end of the strap in the notch of the rim;
- connecting the strap to the other end of the traction member;
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- tightening the strap and the traction member to maintain the traction member in engagement with the tread of the tire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.