Anyone seen or used one of these

Traveled with a friend back in the late 70's who lost a wheel on I70 in OH. I was behind him and watched the lug nuts come off before the wheel--no amount of horn honking or light flashing got his attention I couldn't pull along side because of traffic and the TT I was towing. We ended up chaining up the rear axel with a tow chain on one side and limping to an exit. This was before radial trailer tires were common and it seems blow outs were less frequent but his tire held up fine for the short haul. We ended up spending the night under an overpass and got repaired the next morning. His trailer was a seventy something Holiday Rambler and I've got to believe that it was heavy. I believe this type of arrangement would work in most cases for a short distance at a reduced speed although it should probably be a backup used only after the spare. In my friend's case he'd lost his lug nuts so the spare was useless.