Patent ID: 6865931

Claim:
A vehicle tire inflation apparatus including an elongated pliable air transfer tube having opposite ends, said air transfer tube defining a fluid passageway, a first sleeve mounted at one end of said air transfer tube, said first sleeve having a flow passageway therethrough and a control valve for selectively opening and closing said flow passageway, first and second valve chuck assemblies connected relative to said opposite ends of said air transfer tube so as to be in fluid communication with said fluid passageway, each of said first and second valve chuck assemblies including a housing, means for connecting each of said housings so as to be in fluid flow communication with a valve stem of a conventional tire, a valve mounted within each of said housings and moveable from a first position to prevent air flow through said housings to a second position to permit air flow through said housings, each of said first and second valve chuck assemblies including a manually engageable means for moving said valves between said first and second positions, said first sleeve being mounted between said first valve chuck assembly and one of said opposite end of said air transfer tube such that fluid flow between said first valve chuck assembly and said air transfer tube is controlled by said control valve, and a pressure gauge mounted to said first sleeve so as to be in fluid communication with said air passageway to determine fluid pressure therein.