Pickup truck driving wheel traction enhancer

Abstract

Vehicle driving traction is substantially increased by applying a selected quantity of granular material to the roadway surface forwardly of driving wheels by a remotely controlled apparatus which includes a quantity of granular material operatively connected with a tube terminating adjacent the surface of the earth forwardly of driving wheels.

I claim:  
     
         1 . Apparatus for increasing pickup driving wheel traction having wheel wells at opposite sides of the pickup bed, comprising: 
 a container of pourable granular material disposed adjacent the respective wheel well;    tubing means for dispensing the granular material on the roadway forwardly of the driving wheels; and,    valve means for opening and closing the tubing.    
     
     
         2 . The apparatus according to  claim 1  in which the tubing means comprises: 
 a tube having one open end portion in communication with the interior of said container and an opposite end portion disposed adjacent the surface of the earth.  
 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus according to  claim 2  in which the valve means comprises: 
 a conoidal valve, axially aligned with and normally closing the inward end of said tube; and,  
 remote control means connected with the valve for opening and closing said tube.  
 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus according to  claim 3  in which the means comprises: 
 a Bowden cable axially connected with the valve.