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Class 152/228 - Integral


Subclass of Class 152 - Resilient tires and wheels
Definition: The flanges serving as traction lugs on the plate or bar
No. of patents: 39
Last issue date: 10/09/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7278456Tire chain and cable installation device and method
A tire chain and cable installation device to assist tire chains and cables installation on vehicles with tires or wheels. The tire chain and cable installation device is made of a resilient, flexible clamp portion having two gripping ends formed integrally with the...
10/09/2007
7258405Tire track
A unitary flexible track for converting a wheeled vehicle into a tracked vehicle, the track being provided for mounting in longitudinal direction around at least two successive vehicle tire-wheel assemblies in movement direction of the vehicle, the track having an i...
08/21/2007
7055567Tire traction apparatus
A vehicle tire-traction apparatus has a pair of tire-traction sections wherein each tire-traction section has a generally arcuate member for placement over a vehicle tire outer sidewall. Each tire-traction section has a plurality of arm members attached to the arcua...
06/06/2006
6966529Foldable supporting framework
A foldable supporting framework comprises a retaining seat has an upper positioning sheet and a lower positioning sheet. At least one movable block is rotatably fixed to the upper and lower positioning sheets. There are at least two supporting posts; one supporting ...
11/22/2005
6860305Truck track
An anti-skid device especially adapted for trucks of the dual wheel type. In its preferred embodiment, the device is provided with a cleat(s) that protrudes two inches from the surface of the tire. The device is designed to be disposed across both wheels of dual-whe...
03/01/2005
6026877Paddle-type lug for use with convertional tire chains
Lugs for detachably mounting on the chain of a conventional tire mounted wheel of a vehicle. The lug being detachably mounted to a portion of the chain which extends laterally over the tread of the tire mounted wheel of a vehicle. The lugs being means for...
02/22/2000
5865916Traction enhancers for irrigation systems
A traction enhanced wheeled irrigation system. The traction enhanced irrigation system includes at least one rotary powered tire and wheel upon which at least a portion of a traction enhanced irrigation system travels across the ground. A traction enhance...
02/02/1999
5556487Track device having wheel widening effect
A track device for mounting on a pneumatic tire fitted to the wheel of a vehicle to improve the buoyancy and traction of the vehicle over very soft terrain, the pneumatic tire including a tread surface across the width of the tire, a pair of side walls an...
09/17/1996
5044415Automobile tire chain having wing-shaped mounting members hingeably attached to anti-sliding members
A tire chain which has a plurality of anti-sliding members, each of which is attached to a base plate and a pivot pin. Wing-shaped members are hingeably attached to the bases and the pivot pins are connected by chain links to form an endless linkage....
09/03/1991
4872496Readily installed tire cleats with improved fastening means
An anti-skid device for ready application to a vehicle wheel, that is entirely installable from the outer or hub side of the wheel. A primary embodiment of my device comprises at least three curved cleats, each having an inner surface and an outer surface...
10/10/1989
4813466Support track for a wheeled vehicle
An improved support track assembly for both protecting and improving the flotation and mobility of the resilient wheels of a vehicle is disclosed herein that comprises both a manually operable retention assembly for fastening the track into an endless bel...
03/21/1989
4747438Structure of automobile tire friction-increasing auxiliary device
The present invention relates to an improved structure of an automobile tire auxiliary device, especially relates to such a device capable of holding the tire to step up the friction force of the tire through a recess and an adjustable lug on the claw pla...
05/31/1988
4747437Resilient traction device for pneumatic tires
A traction device for mounting on pneumatic tire to assist in extricating a motor vehicle from snow, ice or mud is disclosed. The traction device, generally U-shaped in cross section, is provided with a wide base having an upwardly-curving segment which r...
05/31/1988
4705325Endless track having synthetic plates with chain link connections
An endless track is provided in which the individual bottom plates are joined into a continuous track by tie bolts in the form of elongated chain links which are molded into the tracks with their arched ends projecting from the ends of the bottom plates, ...
11/10/1987
4697628Vehicle having a dual drive wheel assembly and traction device
A traction device for use in extracting mired dual wheeled vehicles from a mired condition comprising a block assembly having a plurality of tower members for attachment to and between the wheels of the mired vehicle and a plate assembly for operative eng...
10/06/1987
4694872High performance drive tire arrangement for agricultural tractors
A lightweight device for obtaining improved performance of rubber tired vehicles. The arrangement has high-strength, thin-gauged traction intensifying means secured to the driving member for a tire, having a smooth or shallow tread, providing improved dra...
09/22/1987
4550757Traction chain for a driven wheel of a wheeled vehicle
A traction element for a traction chain for a wheel of a vehicle, especially a pneumatic tire wheel, has a flat oval configuration and is formed in one piece from a die forged steel with four eyes at corners of an imaginary rectangle along the sides of wh...
11/05/1985
4515198Means 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
4508150Retractable traction intensifying means for agricultural tractors and the like
A lightweight device for obtaining improved traction efficiency of rubber tired vehicles without adding ballast weight. The device has high-strength, thin-gauged traction intensifying means secured to a driving tire, providing higher drawbar pull at highe...
04/02/1985
4480670Track belt assembly
An improved track belt assembly wherein the anchor plates have fastening means which are disposed axially inward of the reinforcing belt structure....
11/06/1984
4476907Antiskid device for tire
An antiskid device and its fittings for a tire including a side chain, a cross chain, a connector, an end link, a hook and a stopper. The side chain includes a side link formed as a two-piece link having two links, one a long link and the other a short li...
10/16/1984
4412574Element for removing dirt or snow from tire, and tire provided therewith
A tire is provided with an element which cleans it during driving and is formed as a rigid substantially closed member fitted in a groove of the tire and movable radially outwardly during rotation of the tire to dislodge soil, snow etc. It may be provided...
11/01/1983
4408646Wheeled vehicle support apparatus
A wheeled vehicle flotation augmentation device is disclosed herein having at least elongated segments releasably connected together in a continuous and endless series of track block guides so as to form a circular tread about the periphery of a single wh...
10/11/1983
4391316Anti-skid device for vehicle wheels
The invention relates to an anti-skid device for vehicle wheels, comprising a plurality of U-shaped elements radially mounted on the wheel tire, and two series of connecting levers pivoted on each arm of said U-shaped elements. In order to provide an auto...
07/05/1983
4386643Tire traction device
A tire traction device including a cylindrical cup member for attachment on a rim-securing nut of a vehicle wheel by a set screw, an elongated threaded shank extending coaxially with the cup member, an elongated link having an elongated slot for receiving...
06/07/1983
4361277Portable vehicle traction device
An improved traction device for assisting vehicles when stuck in sand, snow, bog, or the like, incorporates a rigid plate having opposed upper and lower gripping ribs and an appended chain structure having transverse angle iron pieces spaced lengthwise th...
11/30/1982
4357975Anti-skid chain
An anti-skid tire chain comprising a pair of parallel side chains, a series of traction rings extending medially between the side chains, and a network of connector chains interconnecting the traction rings with the side chains and with one another is cha...
11/09/1982
4328849Vehicle tire with tractive elements
A vehicle tire with tractive elements for positive engagement with the ground surface is disclosed. The tire carcass has a tread including raised features. Means for positively linking tractive elements positioned radially outwardly of the tread to the ra...
05/11/1982
4321955Tire protector device
A tire protector device with a covering, especially formed by plates, which exhibits at its ends next to the outside of the tire connector parts for fastening a chain net which covers the side wall of the tire. The edge of said chain net remote from the c...
03/30/1982
4306603Vehicle tire with tractive elements
A vehicle tire with tractive elements for positive engagement with the ground surface is disclosed. The tire carcass has a tread including circumferentially spaced raised features. At least one flexible but substantially inextensible belt is positioned ra...
12/22/1981
4287926Tire traction device
Traction is provided for automotive vehicles stuck in snow, mud, and the like by a device applied over the outer face of the slipping driven vehicle wheel and having J-shaped traction fingers draped over the tire of the wheel and fixedly clamped on the ti...
09/08/1981
4244412Anti-skid device for vehicle wheels
The invention relates to an anti-skid device for vehicle wheels, formed by a plurality of U-shaped elements adapted to radially fit on the wheel tire and rim, said elements being connected with one another by spacers allowing the device to be put flat on ...
01/13/1981
4243088Skidder ring and chain connecting means
Means for improving the traction of wheeled equipment used in the logging industry comprising an improved skidder ring with clevises to which the connecting tag chains are fastened by a pin preferably secured in place by a spot of welding material. When a...
01/06/1981
4209049Traction devices
There is disclosed in the present application a traction device adapted to being mounted on a driving wheel tire of a vehicle for obtaining greater traction on ice or snow although the device may also be useful in certain types of mud. The device comprise...
06/24/1980
4159731Traction device
A traction device for vehicle wheels is provided comprising spaced traction plates having traction bars extending from both major surfaces thereof, the plates being interconnected by U-shaped tire side wall gripping elements, the device being expandable t...
07/03/1979
4135564Skid protection for vehicle tires
A skid protecting device for use in combination with vehicle tires, according to which in distribution over the tire circumference there are provided holders with a plurality of gripping profiles which are arranged transverse to and in covering engagement...
01/23/1979
4122797Ultrasonic sound source and method for manufacturing rectangular diaphragm of ultrasonic sound source
The present invention is directed to an ultrasonic sound source made up of diaphragms composed of rectangular plates adapted, in dimensions, to vibrate in a stripes mode, and mounted, in spaced relation and in multiple stages, on a longitudinal resonance ...
10/31/1978
4122881Gripping shoes for vehicle wheels
An improved gripping member for gripping shoes used on vehicle wheels is disclosed. The cross sectional shape of the gripping member is formed as a U throughout its length whereby substantially improved traction and a substantially stronger gripping membe...
10/31/1978
4093013Bike traction attachment
A bike traction attachment comprised of two identical side bands, between the bands are cleats secured at equal intervals around the bands' circumferences. Two hook-eyelet assemblies are incorporated as well, whereby, the side bands' ends can be secured t...
06/06/1978
 
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