Sanding device for increased vehicle traction

Claim 1

A vehicular accessory for an automotive vehicle having a cab, a chassis and a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted on the chassis, said vehicular accessory comprising a box mounted on the chassis of a vehicle above and forward of a selected one of the wheels of the vehicle, said box having an open top, a bottom substantially parallel to the top and having an opening formed therethrough and two pairs of spaced parallel sides substantially perpendicular to the top and bottom, one of the sides being open, the top admitting a bag of sand, ice-dissolving chemicals, and the like; a side panel removably enclosing the open side of the box, said panel having a plurality of spikes extending from the inside surface thereof for puncturing a bag in the box and a control rod extending from the outside surface thereof to the cab of the vehicle to permit movement of said panel from within said cab; and volume control means movably mounted at the bottom of the box and extending into the cab of the vehicle for controlling the volume of material passing from a bag in the box through the opening in the bottom of the box from the cab of the vehicle, said volume control means comprising a plate movably mounted over the opening in the bottom of the box for selectively uncovering a desired part of said opening and a control rod extending from the plate to the cab of the vehicle to permit movement of said plate from within said cab.