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 cable having a first end and a second end, wherein the cable is sized and shaped to extend through the tire such that the first end of the 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 is attachable to the first end of the cable,
- wherein the second end of the cable is movable to cause the 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 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 plug for patching a tire positioned on a rim, wherein the tire has an interior and an exterior, the plug comprising:
- a plug stem that is sized and shaped to be positioned in a puncture in the tire,
- a plug base that extends from the plug stem and is sized and shaped to position flush against a surface of the interior of the tire, and
- an attachment mechanism on the plug stem, wherein the attachment mechanism is attachable to a cable that is extended through the puncture in the tire and an opening formed between the tire and the rim without removing the tire from the rim, wherein the plug is pulled with the cable into the interior of the tire through the opening between the tire and the rim and the plug stem is further pulled with the cable 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, 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.