Patent ID: 7614436

Claim:
A pneumatic tire comprising: a tread; a carcass having at least one belt ply disposed below the tread; and, a cap ply located between the carcass and the tread, wherein the cap ply comprises at least one layer of a weft inserted warp knit fabric tape comprising an in-lay warp yarn set, a weft inserted yarn set, and a stitching yarn set, wherein the stitching yarn set forms a repeating stitch pattern on each warp yarn comprising a sequence of at least 2 stitches around the warp yarn from one stitching yarn and at least 2 stitches around the warp yarn from the adjacent stitching yarn, wherein each stitch from the stitching yarn is around a warn yarn, disposed around the circumference of the carcass in the area of the belt ply.