Patents Assigned to Burns Bros.
  • Wire rope traction device for tires
    Patent number: 4280545
    Abstract: A wire rope traction device for tires, and particularly radial tires, includes lateral cables and a plurality of cross cables for extending between the lateral cables across the sole of a tire. Flat metal members secured to the lateral cables and ends of the cross cables form low profile articulated connections therebetween substantially adjacent the sole of the tire and radially outwardly from the tire sidewall flexing point for enabling a tighter grip on the tire by the traction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1981
    Assignee: Burns Bros.
    Inventor: Rene J. Martinelli