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A tire chain adapted to be mounted on and readily removed from a vehicle tire includes an inner support extending, in the mounted state of the chain, circumferentially along and in engagement with an inwardly oriented tire side. The inner support has a spring steel yoke including adjacent opposite f

A tire chain adapted to be mounted on and readily removed from a vehicle tire includes an inner support extending, in the mounted state of the chain, circumferentially along and in engagement with an inwardly oriented tire side. The inner support has a spring steel yoke including adjacent opposite free yoke ends and a hook lock having cooperating first and second components mounted on the opposite yoke ends, respectively and adapted to selectively assume an interengaged, closed state or a disengaged, open state. The first component is a flat, quadrangular eyelet defining an eyelet plane oriented such that in the mounted state of the tire chain the eyelet lies flat against the side wall of the tire and further, the second component is a flat hook defining a hook plane oriented perpendicularly to the eyelet plane.

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In a tire chain adapted to be mounted on and readily removed from a vehicle tire including an inner support extending, in the mounted state of the chain, circumferentially along and in engagement with an inwardly oriented tire side; said inner support having a spring steel yoke including adjacent op

In a tire chain adapted to be mounted on and readily removed from a vehicle tire including an inner support extending, in the mounted state of the chain, circumferentially along and in engagement with an inwardly oriented tire side; said inner support having a spring steel yoke including adjacent opposite free yoke ends and a hook lock having cooperating first and second components mounted on the opposite yoke ends, respectively and adapted to selectively assume an interengaged, closed state or a disengaged, open state; the improvement wherein said first component is a flat, quadrangular eyelet defining an eyelet plane being parallel to the eyelet flatness and being oriented such that in said mounted state the eyelet lies flat against the side wall of the tire and said plane being oriented perpendicularly to a rotary axis of the vehicle tire and further wherein said second component is a flat hook having a hook flatness and a length dimension generally oriented in a direction toward the yoke end on which said quadrangular eyelet is mounted; said flat hook defining a hook plane containing said length dimension; said hook plane being parallel to said hook flatness and being oriented perpendicularly to said eyelet plane.