Patent ID: 8701717

Claim:
A method for roadside repair for restoring tire bead integrity of a tire having an inner circumferential bead edge, in combination with a motor vehicle having a set of wheel rims and tires inflatable over and attached thereto, said tire being inflatable over a corresponding bead edge of a vehicle rim, said method comprising the steps of: fitting a linearly extending and cylindrical sealing tube with a sealed closed end and an open end around a periphery of the corresponding bead edge of said vehicle rim adjacent to the tire wall near said bead; said sealing tube assuming a crossection which is a circumferentially isotrophic cylindrical shape when inflated; crossing respective ends of the sealing tube over each other; inflating said sealing tube through a tire inflation valve spaced apart and near said sealed closed end with a compressor such that the gap between rim and tire is sealed; said long narrow linearly extending flexible inflatable sealing tube assuming an isotrophic toroidal shape when fitted and wrapped around said rim; detaching said compressor from said sealing tube and inflating said tire after sealing and tire inflation to recommended pressure for the vehicle and pulling off said sealing tube from between said tire and said rim.