Patent ID: 7178669

Claim:
A tire storage system, comprising: a spacer to be placed in an opening of a tire, the opening being a cavity to dispose a rim of the tire, the rim being absent from the opening, the tire having a bead of a predetermined circumference and a hollow inside, the spacer comprising: a top portion having a circumference greater than the predetermined circumference; a cylindrical body having a center; and a connecting rod disposed orthogonally through the center of the body, two identical tire caps, a first tire cap and a second tire cap, the tire caps each comprising a head portion and a base portion, wherein the head portion of the first tire cap fits through the opening and the base portion of the second tire cap is disposed atop the tire, the connecting rod further comprising a first tip and a second tip, wherein the first tip engages securely with the head portion of the first tire cap and the second tip engages securely with the head portion of the second tire cap when the first tire cap and the second tire cap are affixed to the spacer; and the head portion further comprising a chamber having a first opening and a second opening, wherein the first tip threads through the second opening of the chamber of the first tire cap and the second tip threads through the first opening of the chamber of the second tire cap when the first tire cap and the second tire cap are affixed to the spacer; wherein the spacer and the head portion of the first tire cap substantially fill the opening of the tire.