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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6752470 | Quick chains traction device for light and heavy duty trucks The present invention 10 discloses a tire 12 traction device having two 30-ink sections 14L, 14R joined at one distal end by an additional link 16 having an S-hook 18 and two more chain links 20 connected thereto. A t... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6675850 | Tire anti-skid apparatus and linking apparatus A tire anti-skid apparatus has a plurality of non-metallic anti-skid members adapted to be arranged along a peripheral direction of a tire, the anti-skid members including: an anti-skid tread portion; and a plurality of connecting portions extending from ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 5899536 | Tire chain wrapper A tire chain wrapper for a dual wheel and the method of mounting a tire chain on a dual wheel. The wrapper includes a securing bar for securing an end of the tire chain to the dual wheel, a connecting rope pivotally attached at one end to the midpoint of ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5785351 | Traction device for wheeled vehicle A traction device for a wheeled vehicle comprises a rotor mounted to a supported component of the vehicle and displaceable between a deployed position, in which the rotor is close to the ground and in contact with the tire of a driven wheel of the vehicle... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5048646 | Anti-skid device An anti-skid device of the type including an arm, carrying in its outer end a chain-provided pulley that is brought in contact with a vehicle wheel so that the chains are thrown in under the vehicle wheel. The arm is, in its inner end, journaled in a U-sh... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5033522 | Anti-skid device for vehicle wheels with automatic positioning by securing members An anti-skid device for a vehicle is automatically positioned by securing members 50 which cause the device to pass from an installation position to the operating position in which an anti-skid assembly 70, such as a snow chain arrangement, is arranged on... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4850410 | Continuous snow chain This invention relates to a continuous snow chain comprising three cords or chains disposed in zig-zag patterns and connected to each other in a network of cords or chains of a finite length including two parallel rows of substantially diamond-shaped open... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4840399 | Anti-skid devices for motor vehicles In an anti-skid device for motor vehicles with a plurality of chain strands (2,3,4,5) retained in a support (1) which can be set into a revolving motion and connected to the latter by intermediate pieces (7) forming resilient spreading arms, the chain str... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4800939 | Anti-skid device A chain-carrying pulley (1) is journalled on a shaft (3) fastened to an arm (4) pivotally connected to another arm (5) which in turn is rigidly fastened to the rear axle casing (6) of a vehicle. An inflatable bellows (7) extends between the arms. When inf... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4745993 | Centrifugal chain assembly for a motor vehicle A centrifugal chain assembly having a holder for a skid prevention device for a motor vehicle which can be put into operation when needed and which can be made inoperative again is formed by a plurality of elements which are axially movable and also pivot... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4544010 | Tire and antiskid net for vehicle tires A tire and antiskid net for vehicle tires, particularly for tires of heavy earth moving machines, has a plurality of vertical members arranged to extend substantially normally to a tire surface, a plurality of ring-shaped connecting members of a limited l... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4515198 | Means for detachably connecting a chain link to a skidder ring Simplified means for connecting skidder rings to the tag chains that hold the skidder rings in spaced positions around a tractor wheel. Each skidder ring has four hooks spaced approximately 90° apart, two at each side, of novel construction. Each hook is... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4299310 | Anti-skid device for motor vehicles This invention relates to an anti-skid device for motor vehicles, which device is of the known kind at which a friction pulley abuts a drive wheel and the pulley is provided with chain links, the free ends of which are thrown in between the tire and the g... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4263954 | Tire chain having improved traction A cable type tire chain has traction sleeves on the cross members located only adjacent to the shoulders of the tire. The center portion of the cross members adjacent to the middle of the tire tread is free of traction sleeves. The traction sleeves are sp... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4222425 | Tire traction chain A tire traction chain for automobiles, trucks and the like whereby the same is placed over the tire and secured at one end to arcuate slots in the wheel and at the other end to a lug bolt.... | 09/16/1980 |
