Patent ID: 7284327

Claim:
A method of installing an inflating tube in a tire comprising the steps of: utilizing a tire rim having an annular tire mounting cavity and a valve stem mounting hole; utilizing a valve stem puller which has a length of flexible elongated member which is connected at one end to a ring at an opposite end to an externally threaded plug; installing a threaded nut on said flexible elongated member; inserting said length of flexible elongated member through said valve stem mounting hole; inserting a tire bead of a first sidewall of a tire casing in conjunction with said tire mounting cavity; screwing said plug into a valve stem on said tube; installing said tube within said tire connecting with said tire mounting cavity; pulling on said flexible elongated member until said valve stem is mounted in said valve stem mounting hole with said flexible elongated member, plug and ring all located exteriorly of said tire rim; threadably attaching said nut onto said valve stem; inserting a tire bead of a second sidewall of said tire casing in conjunction with said tire mounting cavity; and disconnecting said plug from said valve stem.