Patent ID: 8474494

Claim:
A roadside repair kit in combination with a motor vehicle having a set of wheel rims and tires inflatable over and attached thereto, for restoring tire bead integrity of a tire of a motor vehicle having an inner circumferential bead edge comprising: a long narrow linearly extending flexible inflatable and cylindrical sealing tube; assuming a cross section which is a circumferentially isotropic cylindrical shape when inflated; a tire insertable against a corresponding bead edge of a wheel rim; said long narrow linearly extending flexible inflatable sealing tube being fitted and wrapped around said rim and between said tire bead edge and said rim to seal said tire to said rim temporarily while said tire is being inflated; said long narrow linearly extending flexible inflatable sealing tube assuming an isotropic toroidal shape when fitted and wrapped around said rim: one end of said sealing tube being sealed shut and having a tire inflation valve attached at a right angle to said sealing tube spaced apart by about five inches or less from said sealed end; a distal end of said sealing tube being left open; a releasable clamping closure for sealing said open end of said sealing tube, after said open end is folded over itself; and a compressor for inflating said tire after said sealing tube is applied to said tire bead edge; and, said inflatable sealing tube being removable during inflation of the tire.