Antiskid chain with sidewall protection covers
AssigneePewag Schneeketten GmbH & Co KG
InventorsAgyd Pengg, Bernhard Niess
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Abstract
In order to protect the sidewall of a vehicle wheel from damage caused by an antiskid chain mounted on the wheel, a sidewall protection cover having a U-shaped body is provided. The sidewall protection cover accommodates a chain link of a chain side strand that is situated against the sidewall. The body is preferably one piece and has two wings that are connected along a spine, where the wings enclose a space for accommodating the chain link, and at least one of the wings has a holding element, on its side that faces inward, in the form of a projection for holding the chain link and/or a connection element suspended on it in place between the wings.
Claims12
A sidewall protection cover for accommodating a chain link of a chain strand that is situated over the side wall of a vehicle wheel, the sidewall protection cover comprising a U-shaped body, the U-shaped body having two wings that are connected to each other only along a spine that is located at one end of the U-shaped body, wherein the wings enclose a space for accommodating the chain link therein, and at least one of the wings has a projection for holding the chain link and/or a connection element that is suspended in the chain link in place between the wings, the projection being located on a side of the at least one of the wings that faces inward towards the space.
An antiskid chain comprising:
- a chain mesh having a plurality of track crosspieces;
- at least one side strand having chain links and which lies against a sidewall of a vehicle wheel in an installed state;
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- a plurality of sidewall protection covers, each of the sidewall protection covers comprising a U-shaped body, the U-shaped body having two wings that are connected to each other only along a spine that is located at one end of the U-shaped body;
- wherein each of the track crosspieces are connected with the at least one side strand by way of a connection means suspended in at least one chain link of the at least one side strand to form a plurality of connection locations, and each of the sidewall protection covers surrounds the connection means and the at least one chain link of the at least one side strand at each of the connection locations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.