Patent ID: 6983778

Claim:
A road gripping assembly for removably positioning on a vehicle wheel, the vehicle wheel including a rim having a plurality of threaded bolts extending therethrough, said assembly including: a hub having an inner surface, an outer surface and a peripheral edge, said hub having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, wherein the number of apertures equals the number of said threaded bolts, each of said apertures being positioned for selectively receiving one of said threaded bolts; a plurality of arms each having an attached end being attached to said peripheral edge and a free end extending outwardly away from said hub, each of said arms being selectively telescoping, each of said arms including: a first portion fixedly coupled to said hub, said first portion having a longitudinal axis radially extending outwardly from said hub, said first portion having a plurality of openings extending therethrough and orientated perpendicular to said longitudinal axis; a second portion having a first end and a second end, said first end being positioned within a well extending into an outer end of said first portion such that a longitudinal axis of said second portion is aligned with said longitudinal axis of said first portion, said second portion being selectively positionable in a retracted position or an extended position, said second portion having at least one pair of openings extending therethrough, each of said openings in said second portion being selectively alignable with said openings in said first portion, a lock pin being selectively extendable through aligned pairs of said openings in said first and second portions; and a plurality of gripping members, each of said gripping members being pivotally coupled to one of said free ends such that said gripping members are selectively positionable in a stored position adjacent to a side wall of the wheel or in a gripping position abutting threads of the wheel.