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US 2017/0157981 A1Published application
Rim strip for bicycle rim
AssigneeENVE Composites, LLC
InventorBrett Satterthwaite
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Abstract
A bicycle rim has rim a pair of rim flanges that defines a tire channel. A rim strip extends across the tire channel. The rim strip includes a pair of flange bumpers configured to cover the rim flanges. The flange bumpers each define a flange channel in which one of the rim flanges is received. A pair of safety humps define corresponding tire seating sections where a tire is seated when inflated. The rim strip further includes a drop seal that seals with the beads of the tire to facilitate seating of the tire during inflation.
Claims31
An apparatus, comprising:
- a bicycle rim having a pair of rim flanges that define a tire channel;
- and
- a rim strip extending across the tire channel, the rim strip including
- a pair of rim flange bumpers configured to cover the rim flanges, wherein the rim flange bumpers each define a flange channel in which one of the rim flanges is received.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a bicycle rim defining a rim drop;
- and
- a drop seal disposed at the rim drop, the drop seal being configured to seal with a bead of a tire when the bead is positioned at the rim drop.
A method, comprising:
- pressing a bead of a tire against a drop seal that is biased to seal against the bead over a drop channel of a bicycle rim;
- inflating the tire to cause the bead of the tire to slide along the drop seal in a direction away from the drop channel;
- and
- seating the bead of the tire in a seating section of the rim as a result of said inflating.
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31-56. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.