Tire anti-skid apparatus and linking apparatus

A tire anti-skid apparatus has a plurality of non-metallic anti-skid members (52) adapted to be arranged along a pheripheral direction of a tire, the anti-skid members including: an anti-skid tread portion; and a plurality of connecting portions (62) extending from the anti-skid tread portion in a direction perpendicular to the peripheral direction; and linking portions adapted to be disposed on a vehicle outside portion and a vehicle inside portion of the tire and linking the connecting portions of the anti-skid members, the linking portions including a linking member (110) provided in the anti-skid member and linking the adjacent connecting portions of the anti-skid member which are situated in the tire peripheral direction. The linking member (110), the connecting portions and the anti-skid tread portion are formed integrally with one another. The linking member is formed expandable and compressible, and the connecting portion is formed deformable in the tire peripheral direction.