Patent ID: 6592288
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: E01C

Abstract:
An anti-icing road cover system, comprising:a pair of base magnetic covers, for attaching to a road surface; and a pair of road covers, for attaching to a road surface; and a pair of road covers, attachable to the pair of base magnetic covers, each road cover comprising: a magnetic layer, having a width corresponding to a tire track along the road surface; and a tube layer bonded to the magnetic layer, and comprising: a plurality of parallel deformable tubes, each being collapsible under vehicle weight to a reduced cross-sectional height under the vehicle weight to a reduced cross-sectional height at temperatures below about the freezing point of water; and a plurality of ridge tubes, each parallel to the plurality of deformable tubes, and each of the plurality of ridged tubes maintaining a cross-sectional height, under vehicle weight, greater than the reduced cross-sectional height of the collapsible deformable tubes at temperatures below about the freezing point of water.