Patent ID: 9623711
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B60C

Claim:
1. Apparatus for mounting a tire on a tire rim, the apparatus comprising: a bladder locatable within an unmounted tire wherein the tire is placed proximate to a tire rim with the tire generally positioned concentrically around the rim; a bladder filling insert placed within a valve stem fixedly attached to the tire rim, the bladder filling insert providing one or both of gaseous and liquid communication from a point external to the valve stem to the interior of the bladder; a manifold attached to the bladder filling insert and allowing one or both of gaseous and liquid communication from the bladder filing insert to multiple bladders; a tube providing one or both of liquid communication and gaseous communication between the manifold and one of the multiple bladders; and, a mechanism allowing one or both of a gas and a liquid to enter one of the respective multiple bladders and prevents or inhibits the one or both of liquid and gas from escaping the one of the respective multiple bladders.