Patent ID: 7013548
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for fitting a device on a vehicle wheel, resting against a road surface, to increase the friction between the wheel and the road surface during winter driving conditions, comprising the steps of: providing a device comprising an endless annular belt made substantially from textile material and intended to encircle the outer circumference of the wheel; a flexible inner side portion; and a flexible outer side portion which is disposed against the outer side surface of the wheel when the device is fitted on the wheel, so that the device is kept stably in place on the wheel; wherein only the flexible inner side portion of the device has an elastic member, the flexible inner side portion being tightened against the inner side surface of the wheel by the elastic member when the device is fitted on the wheel; fitting the inner side portion of the device over the outer circumference of the wheel to the inner side surface of the wheel along as much as possible of that part of the outer circumference which does not rest against the road surface; and rotating the wheel by means of the vehicle, whereby the remaining part of the inner side portion of the device moves over the outer circumference of the wheel to fit on the inner side surface of the wheel and pulls the belt in place along the outer circumference of the wheel.