Патент USA US2559427

July 3, 1951
L. s. HARACZ
2,559,425
AUTOMOTIVE ANTISKID DEVICE
Filed Sept. 25, 1947
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Patented July 3, 1951
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
2,559,425
AUTOMOTIVE ANTISKID DEVICE
Leocadia S. Haracz, Clifton, N. J.
Application September 25, 1947, Serial No. 776,137
1 Claim.
1
My present invention relates to an improved
(Cl. 152-225)
2
anti-skid device of the type especially adapted
to the predetermined number best suited in the
circumstances and the spaced units are secured
for use with automobiles and the primary object
is to provide a traction accessory for mud, snow,
or ice which may be mounted on the tire with
on the hooks 20 to prevent circumferential move
out the necessity of jacking the wheels, and fur
ther having no chain or other connection to be
made on the inside of the tire.
The device may be mounted or removed with
by springs 26 having connecting rings 28 mounted
ment of the units under the strain of operation,
or chains 30 may be used in lieu of springs 28.
The tension of springs 22 will clamp the op
posed units on the tire tread and will prevent
the units from slipping off until the springs 22
facility and without tools, and will e?ect the 10 are removed or detached to permit the removal
necessary traction with a minimum of effort and
of the device.
time in installation and removal.
The traction accessory may obviously be
In the accompanying drawings I have illus
mounted with the tire resting on the ground and
trated one complete example of the physical em
may be removed under the same circumstances
bodiment of my invention according to the best
eliminating the usual difficulty of chain mount
'mode I have thus far devised, but it will be un
ing which the operator must lie on his back to
derstood that various changes and alterations
make the inside connection.
may be made in the exempli?ed structure within
Having thus described and explained my in
the scope of the appended claim.
vention what I claim as new and desire to secure
In the drawings:
20 by Letters Patent is:
Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the device
In an anti-skid device for a vehicle wheel, said
of my invention mounted on a tire and wheel.
wheel including a hub cap and tire, said anti
Fig. 2 is a side elevational view.
skid device comprising a center ring arranged
Fig. 3 is an elevational view of one of the de
contiguous to said hub cap, a plurality of radially
mounted traction elements.
25 disposed springs each having an end connected
Fig. 4 is a partial side elevational view show
to said ring, a cleat connected to the other end
ing a modi?ed form.
of each of said springs, each of said cleats in
Referring now to the drawings I have illus
cluding a zig-zag portion and a hook portion for
trated the present preferred embodiment of my
engagement with said tire, a hook secured to
invention for use with a tire 2 on a wheel 4 hav 30 each of said cleats, and coil springs connecting
ing a hub cap 6.
said cleats together, said coil springs having their
The traction device consists of a plurality of
ends detachably connected to said hooks.
cleats or units 8 preferably of steel rod bent at
LEOCADIA S. HARACZ.
ID to form a hook l2 and the clamp portions H
which overlies the tire tread and clamps the 35
REFERENCES CITED
same.
The
following
references are of record in the
The hook is fashioned with a zig zag portion
?le of this patent:
IE to effect a bite or grip in the ground surface,
UNITED STATES PATENTS
and the arm of the unit has outer integral hooks
I8 and 20.
40 Number
Name
Date
Customarily two of the units are located dia
1,131,116
Chubbuck _______ __ Mar. 9, 1915
metrically of the tire and wheel and secured by
1,142,909
Purdie _________ __ June 15, 1915
springs 22 attached to a hook l8 and to a center
1,213,131
Penseyres _______ __ Jan. 16, 1917
ring 24. Then other parts of units are added
1,481,232
Schwiesow _...,._.___,_ Jan. 15, 1924