ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,032, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to AFFIN AS (Oslo, Norway).
"Anti-skid device" was invented by Christian Abry (Eiksmarka, Norway), Emil Abry (Hosle, Norway), Crostopher John Kavanagh (Oslo, Norway) and Harald Furu (Oslo, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This present invention relates to an anti-skid device adapted to being mounted on tyres of the vehicle wheels to provide traction and wheel to ground contact enhancement in snowy and icy conditions. The device includes a central hub from which protrudes radially three arms which are extended at the outer end by anti-slip components transversally embracing the tread of the ty...