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US 8,408,601 B1Granted
Magnetic tire guard
OwnerRamon Mirandainventor
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Abstract
A magnetic tire guard for picking up metal objects before they come in contact with a tire of a vehicle featuring a flap. A curved indentation is disposed at the intersection of the first side edge and the top edge of the flap. A plurality of mounting holes is disposed in the flap along the curved indentation, allowing for attachment of the flap to a wheel well of a vehicle. A magnet is disposed at the bottom edge of the flap. The magnet functions to attract metal objects. The magnet is attached to the flap via a magnet attachment means.
Claims3
A magnetic tire guard system, said system comprising:
- (i) a vehicle having a wheel well with a front side wheel well and a back side wheel well, whereas the front side wheel well is closer to the front end of the car and the back side wheel well is closer to the back end of the car
- (ii) a magnetic tire guard device, the device comprising:
- (a) a flap 110 having a front surface 105, a back surface 106, a top edge 103, a bottom edge 104, a first side edge 101, and a second side edge 102;
- (b) a curved indentation 150 disposed at an intersection of the first side edge 111 and the top edge 103 of the flap 110;
- (c) a plurality of mounting holes 400 disposed in the flap 110 along the curved indentation 150, the mounting holes 400 are for receiving a mounting attachment means so as to allow the magnetic tire guard 100 to be attached in a forward-facing direction to a wheel well of a vehicle;
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- (d) a magnet 200 disposed at the bottom edge 104 of the flap 110, the magnet 200 functions to attract metal objects, the magnet 200 is attached to the flap 110 via a magnet attachment means,
- wherein the magnetic tire guard device is attached to the front side wheel well in front of the front tire and in a direction facing forward towards the headlights of the vehicle.
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