Tire patching kit
AssigneeNuvalux LLC
InventorWilliam Wallander
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Abstract
A tire patching kit includes a cable configured to extend through a puncture in the tire and to extend through an opening formed between the tire and the rim without removing the tire from the rim. The kit also includes a plug configured to be positioned in the puncture, wherein the cable is movable to cause a plug stem to be pulled into the puncture so that a plug base positions against a surface of the interior of the tire.
Claims20
A tire patching kit for patching a tire positioned on a rim, wherein the tire has an interior and an exterior, the kit comprising:
- a plug cable having a first end and a second end, wherein the plug cable is sized and shaped to extend through the tire such that the first end of the plug cable is configured to extend through a puncture in the tire and to extend through an opening formed between the tire and the rim without removing the tire from the rim, and wherein at least a portion of the second end is configured to remain exterior to the puncture when the first end of the cable has extended through the puncture, and
- a plug having a plug stem that is sized and shaped to be positioned in the puncture, wherein the plug has a plug base extending from the plug stem and configured to position against an interior surface of the tire, wherein the plug stem is attachable to the first end of the plug cable, wherein the plug base includes flanges to increase a rigidity of the plug base,
- wherein the second end of the plug cable is movable to cause the plug cable to move through the puncture to pull the plug into the interior of the tire through the opening between the tire and the rim, and
- wherein the second end of the plug cable is movable so that the plug stem is pulled from the interior of the tire toward the exterior of the tire into the puncture.
A tire patching kit for patching a tire positioned on a rim, wherein the tire has an interior and an exterior, the kit comprising:
- a first means configured to plug a puncture, the first means having a portion configured to position against an interior surface of the tire and including flanges to increase a rigidity of the portion, and
- a second means configured to position the first means in the puncture,
- wherein the second means is sized and shaped to extend through the puncture and an opening formed between the tire and the rim without removing the tire from the rim,
- wherein the second means is movable to cause the second means to move through the puncture and pull the first means into the interior of the tire through the opening between the tire and the rim, and
- wherein the second means is further movable so that the first means is pulled from the interior of the tire toward the exterior of the tire into the puncture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.