Patent ID: 7059372

Claim:
An inflation device for automatic inflation of a bicycle tire, the tire being rotatably mounted on an axle and including a plurality of spokes, said device including: a pump assembly including a housing, said housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, a conduit being fluidly coupled to said air outlet, said housing having a first end wall, a second end wall and a peripheral wall extending between said first and second ends walls; a bracket being attached to said housing and being positioned on said peripheral wall, said bracket being adapted for removably securing said housing to one of the spokes; an actuator being mechanically coupled to said pump assembly for selectively forcing compressed air outwardly through said air outlet, said actuator including a disc rotatably coupled to said pump assembly wherein rotation of said disc actuates said pump assembly, a rotational axis of said disc being orientated perpendicular to said first end wall of said housing; a valve assembly being fluidly coupled to said conduit and being removably coupled to a valve stem of the tire; and a plate being removably attached to a frame of a bicycle such that said axle extends through said plate, said plate being selectively abutted against said disc such that said disc rotates when abutting said plate and rotating around the axle.