US Patent Issued to Rud Ketten Rieger & Dietz GmbH u. on Nov. 18 for "Anti-skid chain having a rotation-blocking element between adjacent chain links" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,782, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Rud Ketten Rieger & Dietz GmbH u. Co. KG (Germany).

"Anti-skid chain having a rotation-blocking element between adjacent chain links" was invented by Johannes Werner Rieger (Oberkochen, Germany) and Bernd Rosler (Aalen-Wasseralfingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an anti-skid chain for tires, in particular for bogie axles, wherein the anti-skid chain has two laterally stable guide chains which, when installed, are arranged to the side of the treads of the tires, wherein the anti-skid chain has a flexible chain mesh which extends between the two guide chains, a...