Long drive patch for tire puncture

A contained patch for an external application to a puncture of a vehicle tire comprising:

• a base that is thin and flexible for attachment to the exterior of the tire, the base having a top surface and a bottom surface;
• a number of sharp pins partially implanted in the base in a radial arrangement around a central void protruding vertically downward from the bottom surface of the base to form a large spiked pad for penetratively engaging a depth of the tire about its puncture upon depression onto the top surface of the base;
• a thick coat of an elastomeric sealant on the bottom surface of the base for sealingly adhering the spiked pad to the tire as the sealant fills any irregular clearances between the spiked pad and tire to reinforce the attachment thereof;
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• a plunger for protectively containing the spiked pad before its application, the plunger having a shell extending generally vertically and centrally opened to receive the spiked pad, a pusher partially received in the shell so that it normally extends above the shell and abuts at least partial areas of the top surface of the base of the patch where the pins are implanted, an elongated top lid to the shell for removably capping the pusher until it acts on the spiked pad during application, and a bottom closure removably capped on the shell from below, whereby an operator may hold the spiked pad by the plunger in one hand with the top lid and bottom closure removed to press the pusher with the thumb of the same hand or with another hand along a straight path onto the patch centrally aligned to the tire puncture to seal the same.