Patent ID: 9027620
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B29D,B32B,B60C,D04B,D10B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tire comprising: a pair of beads; at least one carcass ply extending from one bead to the other bead forming a pair of sidewall areas of the tire and a tread area of the tire; and, at least one layer of a knit fabric in the sidewall area of the tire, wherein the knit fabric has a warp and weft direction and is a double cord stitch knit fabric, wherein the double cord stitch knit fabric is able to be stretched in more than one direction, wherein the double cord stitch knit fabric is able to be stretched during the tire building process, wherein double cord stitch knit fabric consists of a first set of warp yarns and a second set of warp yarns, wherein the first set of warp yarns has a repeating pattern comprising: wherein the second set of warp yarns has a repeating pattern comprising: a first turning stitch, a stitch shift traversing diagonally two wales and one course in the second direction, a second turning stitch, a stitch shift traversing diagonally two wales and one course in the first direction, wherein every first turning stitch of the second set of warp yarns is in the same wale and wherein every second turning stitch of the second set of warp yarns is in the same wale, wherein the first turning stitch of the first set of warp yarns is in the same course as the first turning stitch of the second set of warp yarns and wherein the second turning stitch of the first set of warp yarns is in the same course as the second turning stitch of the second set of warp yarns.