Patent ID: 7004218

Claim:
A tire intended to be mounted on a rim having at least one bead seat, the rim bead seat has an axially outer end closer to the axis of rotation than the axially inner end thereof, the tire comprising two sidewalls and two bead portions, at least one of said bead portions being terminated axially to the outside by a tip and intended to be mounted on the at least one rim bead seat, and having a bead ring and a bead apex therein and a radial carcass reinforcement ply, the reinforcement ply anchored in each bead portion and the bead apex located radially outward of the bead ring, the tire characterized by the reinforcement ply passing radially inward of the bead ring and extending axially outward of the bead ring creating a turn-up portion of the reinforcement ply, the turn-up portion has a terminal end, wherein the turn-up portion of the reinforcement ply does not pass back under the bead ring and is between the radially outer surface of the bead ring and the radially inner surface of the bead apex.