US 12,304,241 B2
Vehicle traction mat
Michael Joyce, Richmond Hill (CA)
Assigned to SBI Smart Brands International (America) Ltd., Vaughan (CA)
Filed by SBI Smart Brands International (America) Ltd., Vaughan (CA)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/007,392.
Application 17/007,392 is a continuation of application No. 15/938,557, filed on Mar. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,759,224.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/477,794, filed on Mar. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0398612 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60B 39/12 (2006.01)
CPC B60B 39/12 (2013.01) [B60B 2900/721 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle traction mat, comprising:
a first mat segment having a tire-facing surface and a road-facing surface;
a second mat segment having a tire-facing surface and a road-facing surface, the second mat segment being foldably connected at an edge thereof to an edge of the first mat segment via connecting means;
a first plurality of spaced-apart knobs extending from the road-facing surface of at least one of the first and second mat segments, for digging into a road surface wherein the road surface comprises one or more of packed snow, ice, mud, and sand, thereby providing traction between the vehicle traction mat and the road surface; and
a first plurality of spaced-apart-knob-cleats formed on a top surface of at least some of the first plurality of spaced-apart knobs for providing additional traction between the vehicle traction mat and the road surface,
wherein the first plurality of spaced-apart knobs are shaped and sized for digging into the road surface to provide traction in the one or more of packed snow, ice, mud, and sand; and
wherein at lease some of the first plurality of spaced apart knobs are tapered outwardly from the vehicle traction mat.