Emergency vehicle traction device

Details Emergency vehicle traction device Emergency vehicle traction device

B - Operations, Transporting

60

C

B60C 27/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2273462

An emergency vehicle traction device for improving the traction of an automobile wheel having laterally communicating hub apertures. The device comprises a traction member preferably comprising a chain for improvement of the wheel's traction, a flexible rope or strap for wrapping around the inside of the wheel and through a hub aperture, and a novel fastener member for holding the traction device in place on the wheel. The fastener member comprises one or more strap binding channels and one or more strap binding means adapted to bind a free end of the strap member, and thereby to hold the traction device securely in place, and optionally a ratcheted device to selectively tighten the traction device when installed upon as automobile wheel. A preferred embodiment of the traction device further comprises a retrieval tool adapted to pass through the hub aperture and to draw the free end of the strap through the wheel by engaging an eye provided on the free end of the strap. No more than two or three traction devices according to the disclosure are needed to move a vehicle out of even the worst predicaments. Traction devices according to the invention are easy and quick to install, and may easily be installed without lying on the ground in the mud, snow, or dirt.

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