Patent ID: 7631681

Claim:
A method for breaking a circumferential bead of a tire from an associated rim and for removing said tire from said rim comprising: providing a bead breaker assembly comprising: a group of tire irons, a driving member, a plunger member, and a base elbow; the group of tire irons including a leverage tire iron comprising an end portion, a support tire iron comprising a first end and a second end, a base tire iron comprising an end portion, the driving member comprising a first end, a middle portion, and a second end, the first end of the driving member removably coupled to the end portion of the leverage tire iron, the plunger member having a middle section wherein the middle section is removably, and rotatably coupled to the middle portion of the driving member, the base elbow having a first end, a second end, wherein the first end is positionably coupled to the second end of the support tire iron, and wherein the second end is removably coupled to the end portion of the base tire iron, engaging said bead breaker assembly with said tire and rim and applying sufficient force against the tire immediately adjacent the rim via said plunger member to break the bead; and disassembling the group of tire irons from the bead breaker assembly and utilizing said tire irons to separate the tire from the rim.