Patent ID: 7509987

Claim:
A pneumatic tire comprising: a first and second axially-spaced bead core, a carcass having at least one belt extending under a tread, and a first ply layer which extends completely under the tread and has first and second ends, a first end is located axially outside and adjacent a first bead core, and a second end that is located axially outside and adjacent a second bead core wherein the first ply layer does not wrap around the first bead core or second bead core; the carcass further comprising first and second shoulder ply layers, each shoulder ply layer having first and second ends, a first end is located in the shoulder area under the tread belt, the shoulder ply extending down the side wall region with the second end folding from a position axially outside a respective bead core to a position axially inside and around the bead core, and wherein each of the shoulder plys do not extend across a crown portion of the tread; and wherein the first and second shoulder ply layers are located axially outward of the first ply layer.