System and method for tire debris containment
AssigneeClipperdidit, Inc.
InventorPhillip N. Smith
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Abstract
A tire debris containment and wrapping system including a frame mountable to a vehicle or trailer. An engagement arm deploys a wrapping material that surrounds and contains the tire upon tire damage or imminent tire failure. The wrapping material prevents tire debris from separating from the tire and entering the roadway. An in-cab monitoring and alarm system is optionally provided to signal the operator of a tire failure.
Claims8
A method of preventing tire tread debris from being dispersed from a rolling tire of a vehicle, said method comprising automatically actuating a containment system upon tire damage that may result in the detachment of tire tread from the rolling tire to apply a debris containment material onto the rolling tire without stopping the vehicle to contain tire tread debris separating from the rolling tire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.