Patent ID: 7240713

Claim:
A tire cage for containing explosions of a plurality of tires during inflation or deflation comprising: an enclosure configured to receive one of the tires within an interior of the enclosure, said enclosure having at least one rigid member adjacent to a position of the one tire within the interior; and at least one layer of an energy absorbing foam attached to the enclosure, and positioned within the interior between the rigid member and the position; wherein when debris from an explosion of the one tire within the interior is projected toward the rigid member, a deforming of the energy absorbing foam is effective for absorbing a sufficient amount of the debris' kinetic energy so that by replacing the foam, the at least one rigid member is effective for withstanding an explosion of another of the tires within the enclosure; wherein the explosion of the one tire, and the explosion of the another tire each releases at least 3500 kiloNewtons.