Patent ID: 6186206
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
A tire including a tube comprising:a tire having an outer ground engaging portion, a pair of sidewalls integrally formed to opposite sides of said outer ground engaging portion and extending radially inward, and radially inner edges of said sidewalls being adapted to abut against a rim of a wheel;a hollow tube having walls, an outer surface of said walls forming a toroidal shape, said tube being adapted to fit inside a space formed between said sidewalls and adjacent to a radial underside of said ground engaging portion, a majority of said walls of said tube having a substantially uniform first thickness; anda first pair of circumferential strips, said first pair of circumferential strips being attached to an inner surface of said walls of said tube and being so position on said walls that upon said ground engaging portion of said tire deforming toward said radially inner edges of said sidewalls, said first pair of circumferential strips will overlay the rim of the wheel.