Patent Application
20230249495
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The disclosure relates to wheel traction attachment devices and more particularly pertains to a new wheel traction attachment device using a plurality of support beams inserted into a tire and adjustable arms providing traction.
The prior art relates to wheel traction attachment devices. The prior art relates to a variety of wheel traction attachment devices having a plurality of extendable arms. Known prior art lacks a wheel traction attachment device comprising of a plurality of extendable arms and an offset base being attached to the device by support beams and inserted into a tire.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a base. The base has a peripheral surface and a back surface. The base is circular and has a center. A plurality of spike holders is positioned in a circular pattern relative to the base. The circular pattern of each of the spike holders is positioned equal distance from each other and equal distance from the center of the base. Each of the spike holders has a rectangular body and a hollow interior. A side of each of the spike holders is coupled to the peripheral surface of the base. Each spike of a plurality of spikes is inserted into a respective one of each of the spike holders. Each of the spikes has telescopic functions for adjusting the position relative to each of the spike holders. A plurality of support beams has a distal end and a proximal end relative to the base. The proximal end of each of the support beams is coupled to the back surface of the base and the distal end of each of the support beams is coupled to a mounting base. The mounting base is circular and concentric to the base. The mounting base and the plurality of support beams are configured for being inserted into the center of a tire.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The plurality of spike holders 24 is positioned in a circular pattern 26 relative to the base 12. The circular pattern 26 is each of the spike holders 24 being positioned equal distance from each other and positioned equal distance from the center 20 of the base 12. Each of the spike holders 24 has a purpose of housing each spike 40 of a plurality of spikes 40.
Each of the spike holders 24 has a rectangular body 28. Each of the spike holders 24 has a hollow interior 30 and a pair of ends 32. Each of the ends 32 is an open end. A side 34 of each of the spike holders 24 is coupled to the peripheral surface 14 of the base 12. Each of the spike holders 24 has an aperture 36. The aperture 36 is circular and is positioned on a perpendicular side 38 of each of the spike holders 24. The aperture 36 has a purpose of holding a screw 61.
Each spike 40 of the plurality of spikes 40 has a rectangular body 28. Each of the spikes 40 is complementary to each of the spike holders 24. Each of the spikes 40 is inserted into a respective one of each of the spike holders 24. Each of the spikes 40 has a distal end 42 and a proximal end 44 relative to the center 20 of the base 12. The proximal end 44 is a free end and the distal end 42 has a spear 46.
The proximal end is inserted into an end 32A of the pair of ends 32 and inserted out of an end 32B of the pair of ends 32 of each of the spike holders 24. The spear 46 has a triangular shape and is configured for engaging with the ground 13. Each of the spikes has a plurality of holes 48. Each of the holes 48 defines a space for the screw 61 to be interested into and hold each of the spikes 40 in a fixed position relative to each of the spike holders 24.
Each support beam 50 of a plurality of support beams 50 has a distal end 52 and a proximal end 54 relative to the base 12. The proximal end 54 is coupled to the back surface 16 of the base 12. The plurality of support beams 50 is positioned on the back surface 16 in a circular pattern 26 relative to the base 12.
The distal end 52 of each of the support beams 50 is coupled to a forward surface 56 of a mounting base 58. The mounting base 58 is circular. The plurality of support beams 50 is positioned on the mounting base 58 in a circular pattern 26 relative to the base 12.
The mounting base 58 has a plurality of mounting holes 60. Each of the mounting holes 60 defines a space where mounting screws 63 can be inserted. The plurality of mounting holes 60 is positioned in a circular pattern 26 relative to the mounting base 58.
In use, a mounting surface 62 of the mounting base 58 is inserted into an interior center 64 of a tire 66. The mounting surface 62 abuts the inboard face 68 of a vehicle 70. The plurality of support beams 50 are nested within the interior center 64 of the tire 66. The user 11 inserts the mounting screws 63 into a respective one of each of the mounting holes 60. Each of the spikes 40 is adjusted within a respective one of each of the spike holders 24. The user 11 inserts a screw 61 into the aperture 36 of each of the spike holders 24 and into a hole 48A of the plurality of holes 48 of each of the spikes 40. The screw 61 inserted into both the aperture 36 and the hole 48A is configured for maintaining each of the spikes 40 in a fixed positioned relative to each of the spike holders 24. As the tire 66 of the vehicle 70 rotates, the spears 46 of each of the spikes 40 impale the ground 13 to provide traction to the tire 66.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
