Aug 23 - This day in the Automobile-History.



The patent for tire-chain was issued

1904. On this very day the US Patent # 768.495 was issued to Harold D. Weed for his "Grip-Tread for Pneumatic Tires" in Canastota, New York. The invention served as an antiskid tire-chain increasing vehicle traction on ice snow or mud slick roads.