Patent ID: 6444067
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: B29B,B29K,B29L,B32B,E01F,E04C,Y02W,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
The process of manufacturing structures from worn tires, which comprises the steps of:providing a worn pneumatic tire having a circular tread strip unitary with two sidewalls; removing said sidewalls leaving a tubular slat; cutting said slat transversely forming an approximately rectangular slat having two long edges, said slat having an outer, tread, face and an inner, smooth, face; trimming said long edges to form of slat of predetermined width; cutting a plurality of spaced slits into said long edges, said slits spaced apart from about 1 to 4 inches apart along said long edges said slits communicating between said outer tread face and said inner smooth face and extending inward from a first long edge of said two long edges and generally toward a second long edge of said two long edges; and securing two of said slats together with similar faces in face-to-face communication.