Patent ID: 8726959

Claim:
A tire with a safety feature comprising: a pneumatic tubeless tire having sidewalls, a tread section including an inner surface, and a tire support; the tire support including at least a first and a second ring formed as a unitary part of the tire, each ring being axially spaced from the other ring and formed from material sufficiently strong enough to support a vehicle, each ring having substantially the same width, and each ring also being disposed within said tire and co-axial therewith and having a diameter less than the diameter of said inner surface of the tread section of the tire, and each ring having a fixed diameter, said fixed diameter sufficient to prevent a complete collapse of said sidewall of said tire when said tire is deflated; the inner surface of the tread section of the tire having at least a first and a second spaced apart grooves, each groove being aligned with one of said rings and having a floor and opposing sidewalls; and each ring having a circumferential edge spaced from the inner surface of said tread section of said tire when said tire is inflated and the circumferential edge of each ring being received within the groove aligned with each ring when said tire is deflated.