US Patent Issued to Caliber on July 21 for "Self-adjusting wheel tie down" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,318, issued on July 21, was assigned to Caliber Inc. (Burnsville, Minn.).

"Self-adjusting wheel tie down" was invented by Ernest J. Delanghe (Burnsville, Minn.), Kasey L. Pipo (Burnsville, Minn.), William Butterfield (Burnsville, Minn.), Jon Leikvold (Burnsville, Minn.), Steven Potter (Burnsville, Minn.) and Anthony Delanghe (Burnsville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-adjusting tie down for securing a tire on a wheel to a platform having first and second loops attached thereto includes a first ring and a second ring spaced from the first ring. A tread engaging strap is configured to engage the tread surface of the tire, ...