US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on March 11 for "Disabled vehicle moving device including flexible tire sleeve and cover" (Michigan, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,564, issued on March 11, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Disabled vehicle moving device including flexible tire sleeve and cover" was invented by Robert Kosi Tette (Oak Park, Mich.) and Ryan O. Brown (Columbia, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disabled vehicle moving device configured to allow movement of a vehicle includes a sleeve made of a flexible material and configured to be mounted over a radially outer surface of a tire/wheel assembly of the vehicle that is locked for rotation. A cover is made of a flexible material and configured to be mounted over the sleeve and the tire/wheel assembly...