US 8,882,420 B2 · Tire puncture repair tool

Abstract

A tire puncture repair apparatus may include a handle, a puncture repair screw, and an integral neck between the handle and the puncture repair screw. The puncture repair screw may include a screw head, a cylindrical shaft extending from the screw head opposite the neck, a partially threaded and solid cone that uniformly narrows from the shaft to a tip opposite the shaft, and a conic-helical thread coiled about the cone between the tip and the shaft. The diameter of the shaft may be approximately equal to the diameter of the cone at the widest point of the cone. The thread on the cone may include an angled ridge and may be coiled around the cone from the intersection of the shaft and the cone to before tip of the cone.

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Dependent claims

A tire puncture repair apparatus, comprising:

a puncture repair screw, the puncture repair screw comprising a screw head, a cylindrical shaft extending from the screw head, an at least partially threaded and solid right circular cone that uniformly narrows from the shaft to a tip opposite the shaft, and a conic-helical thread coiled about the right circular cone between the tip and the shaft;
a handle comprising an edge that extends radially outward beyond an edge of the screw head and is configured to allow manual rotation of the handle;
an integral neck that is integral with the handle and the puncture repair screw, narrower than the screw head, and positioned between the handle and the puncture repair screw coupled to the screw head;
and
wherein a shaft diameter is substantially equal to a cone diameter at the right circular cone's maximum diameter.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Tire puncture repair tool

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Tire puncture repair tool

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Abstract

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