B - Operations – Transporting – 60 – C
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
60
C
B60C 27/04 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2669660
A traction device attachable to a tire mounted on a tire rim, the tire defining a pair of substantially annular and substantially opposed tire side walls, the tire also defining a tire thread extending between the tire side side walls, the traction device comprising: a first jaw, the first jaw defining a first jaw free end, the first jaw including a first tire gripping element provided substantially adjacent to the first jaw free end; a second jaw, the second jaw defining a second jaw free end, the second jaw including a second tire gripping element provided substantially adjacent to the second jaw free end; the first and second jaws being operatively coupled to each other so as to be movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration, the first and second tire gripping elements being closer to each other when the first and second jaws are in the closed configuration than when the first and second jaws are in the open configuration; the traction device further comprising a traction element extending between the first and second jaws substantially opposed to the first and second jaw free ends; wherein, when the traction device is operatively mounted to the tire with the first and second jaws in the closed configuration, the traction element extends across the tire thread and the first and second tire gripping elements grip a respective one of the tire side walls so as to pinch the tire between the first and second tire gripping elements.
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