Nonskid tire chain connector means

摘要

The side connector in a nonskid tire chain of this invention improves the invention of the herein identified copending application by providing spaced apart transverse bars, one carried by a bar-receiving member having an opening therein and the other by a bar-shaped member of substantial length slidable in the slot. Such construction provides supports for detachable elastic means extending between the transverse bars and relatively yieldingly urging the bar-receiving and bar-shaped members toward retracted position. One of the spaced bars extends between the walls of the bar-receiving member and the other projects on both sides of the bar-shaped member. The detachable elastic has a longitudinal slot so that an end portion can span each of the projections of the bar carried by the bar-shaped member and the other end portion can span the bar carried by the bar-receiving member. Also, the bar-receiving member can be in the form of two spaced metal walls with the slot therebetween and carried by a tire pad of an non-skid tire chain comprising a plurality of tire pads. The ends of the slide connector includes a link and connecting pin wherein the link has a pin-receiving slot which extends arcuately inwardly and longitudinally therein providing a lock when the detachable connector is under tension.