Patent ID: 7404524
Filing Date: 2008-07-29
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
1. A traction aid device for a wheel of a vehicle, said device comprising: two generally planar sections, each section having two respective side members with at least one respective traction member extending therebetween and engageable by a wheel to provide traction thereto relative a ground surface; connecting means pivotally connecting said sections to one other and enabling pivotal folding and unfolding thereof between, respectively, an unfolded configuration of said traction aid device, wherein said sections are unfolded end-to-end opposite one another on said surface, and a folded configuration of said traction aid device, wherein said sections are folded together; for each respective side member of each section, at least one respective gripping member attached thereto and having a respective gripping end, said gripping member extending from said respective side member to said gripping end for grippingly protruding into said ground surface in said unfolded configuration, said respective gripping end being situated, when said traction aid device is in said folded configuration, alongside an adjacent said respective side member, of the other section with the adjacent said respective side member of the other section extending beyond said gripping end; and for each respective gripping member of one said section, a respective gripping member abutment protrusion, attached to said respective gripping member intermediate said respective side member and said gripping end, for abutting said adjacent said side member when said traction aid device is in said folded configuration.