Patent ID: 6009922
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
An emergency vehicle traction device for improving the traction of an automobile wheel comprising a laterally communicating hub aperture and a bearing surface adapted for rolling contact with a driving surface, the traction device comprising:a traction member comprising a first end, a second end, and a traction enhancing section therebetween;a flexible rope member attached to said first end of the traction member, the flexible rope comprising a free end; anda fastener member attached to the second end of said traction member, the fastener member comprising a plurality of rope binding channels and a plurality of rope binding means adapted for binding said free end of said flexible rope within said channels when said free end is passed through a first binding channel, flexed, and passed through at least one additional binding channel;whereby, upon passing said free end of said flexible rope member around a bearing surface of the wheel in such manner that a substantial portion of said traction section is disposed across a substantial portion of said bearing surface, through a laterally communicating aperture in a wheel hub of an automobile wheel, and through said fastener member, in such manner as to interpose said traction section between said bearing surface and a driving surface, when said wheel is rotated with respect to the driving surface with said free end bound by said fastener member, traction of said wheel upon said driving surface may be improved.