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As someone else said, you're more or less describing AutoSocks. There are several similar things around. www.autosock.co.uk
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Quick phone up the Patent office!
" Hello - I want to patent a new tyre design please"
" Yes madam - could you just give us some details? "
" Sure - it's based on a polar bear's paw"
" right then....um....could you hold for just one moment please?"
"no problem"
Oi, listen up everyone, I've got a right one here, I'm gonna put this on speakerphone !!
" OK madam, so this tyre......"
;-)
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If you feel your dogs paw pads they feel smooth one way but the other way the pad sort of opens up and they become very grippy...my golden could accelerate quickly as a result but the brakes were useless, slide stop most times with a resulting crash till she worked out her braking distances.
If you feel the tread of a competent winter tyre it feels similar to the grippy side of the dogs paw, those narrow sipes providing that row of small edges...they still feel soft even in extreme cold where a summer tyre is rock hard.
Where the fur bit fits in i haven't worked out yet, i suppose it's there to stop gunge getting jammed between the pads stopping them flexing, i suppose a couple of days unshaved beard approach could be beneficial on the tyre shoulder, give them a hunky new man sort of look, whilst being totally useless which is quite apt.
.;)
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Here's one for the pedants to argue over:....
I wonder if those Autosocks things are legal, strictly speaking. In legal terms, do they not constitute a 'tyre' once they're fitted, and therefore subject to minimum tread-depth regulations?
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Polar bears have brains which some motorists do lack in winter :) That obviously make a difference.
Joking aside, I think tyres used by tractors does have this layout.
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Hi
I have a patent on a tyre that allows studs/spikes to be fitted to it and easily removed. There is not a big market for this because of the cost of producing these. I have contacted all the large and small tyre manufacturers and even applied to appear on the tv show 'Dragons den' but I pulled out because i'm camera shy.
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you know what? for the first time ever on here I am speechless!
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>>you know what? for the first time ever on here I am speechless!
If you were speechless AE - surely we wouldn't know about it?
The only thing thing that surprises me is that Paul2007 is camera shy! ;)
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which post you referring to AE?
cheers!
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I am. Even at wedding and parties 9which i tend to avoid if poss) i steer clear of the cams/video.
i'm quiet vocal in real life, but usually pick the right time and place for it, eg, at home, work meeting and training sessions and on the net.
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I have a patent on a tyre that allows studs/spikes to be fitted to it and easily removed.
I'm interested in how this differs from the existing tyres which take studs and are currently in use across scandinavia? The easy removal?
Edited by adverse camber on 10/01/2010 at 14:44
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I wonder if those Autosocks things are legal strictly speaking. In legal terms do they not constitute a 'tyre' once they're fitted and therefore subject to minimum tread-depth regulations?
The tyres are still there!
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Taking off one's shoes to walk on ice is an old trick.
Socks - as in the type men wear - grip on ice when shoes won't.
Another tip is to pull a pair of old socks over your shoes.
No good for a polar trek, but the socks will last long enough for most journeys.
After all, who wants to walk a long way in this weather?
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Another trick is to sit down and slide down if it is very, very slippery and you have nothing safe to hold on - saves a broken neck.
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"" Hello - I want to patent a new tyre design please"
" Yes madam - could you just give us some details? "
" Sure - it's based on a polar bear's paw"
Not Possible?
I dunno, the cats-eyes man did OK!
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OK, Autosock got there first. But at least it confirms it's not a totally daft idea.
Mark II has retractable studs (aka claws) for that extra grip on really bad ice.
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