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Abstract

An apparatus for use in securing a snow chain onto the wheel of a vehicle, including a bar, a pair of cables, each cable having an end secured to one end of the bar opposite another cable having one end secured to an opposite end of said bar, a chain hook attached to a free end of each cable, and a sliding hook slideably positionable on each said cable, an elastic band having one end secured to a location on said bar intermediate between ends of said bar and an anchor hook secured to another end of said elastic band enabling a user to lay said snow chain in front of said wheel, drive said vehicle onto the snow chain, drape said snow chain around and over a top of said wheel, attach each of said chain hooks to an end of a respective one of the side chains of the snow chain, hook each one of the sliding hooks onto the side chain, hook said anchor hook on the elastic band to the opposite end of the snow chain providing that the ends of the snow chain are drawn together and said snow chain is drawn around the wheel, inserting at least one fastener into links selected to join one end of each side chain to the opposite end of the same side chain.

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