US 12,109,854 B2
Tire bar and method of using the tire bar to unstick a vehicle
Henry Rodriguez, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Jeffrey S. Melcher, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed by Henry Rodriguez, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/113,675.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/115,897, filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/948,391, filed on Dec. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0178810 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. B60C 27/04 (2006.01); B60B 15/26 (2006.01); B60C 27/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 27/04 (2013.01) [B60B 15/266 (2013.01); B60C 27/0269 (2013.01); B60B 2900/551 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tire bar comprising:
an elongated body;
a traction section at a first end of the elongated body and extending from a surface of the elongated body, the traction section is configured to be mounted over treads on a wheel mounted on a vehicle, the traction section has an inner surface configured to contact the treads of the wheel and an outer traction surface configured to contact a driving surface, the inner surface opposing the outer traction surface; and
a lug contact section comprising a first lug connector configured to contact a first lug nut on the wheel and a second lug connector configured to contact a second lug nut on the wheel, the lug contact section comprises two parts that can be locked together in different positions to provide different distances between the first lug connector and the second lug connector, the lug contact section is configured to be movable along a length of the elongated body to vary a distance between the lug contact section and the traction section.