Patent ID: 7316252

Claim:
A modular tire assembly, comprising: a tire casing having a replaceable tire tread, a first side wall and a second side wall, said replaceable tire tread captured by said first side wall and said second side wall, said tire casing defining a tire interior area; an inflatable member having a plurality of inflatable inner tube segments disposed within said tire interior area, each inflatable inner tube segment separate from all other inflatable inner tube segments, each inner tube segment inflated and deflated independent from all other said inner tube segments, each inner tube segment having a plurality of internal inflatable air cells which are in a stacked configuration with respect to each other; wherein each of said plurality of internal inflatable air cells disposed within each inner tube segment being separate and independent from all other internal inflatable air cells of each inner tube segment, wherein each of said plurality of internal inflatable air cells within each of said plurality of inner tube segments are independently inflatable and deflatable from all other internal inflatable air cells; a plurality of air valves, wherein each air valve of said plurality of air valves is assigned to a specific one of said plurality of inflatable inner tube segments, wherein each air valve having a plurality of air tubes, each of said plurality of air tubes in communication with a specific one of said plurality of inflatable air cells for a specific inner tube segment; a pair of split rims, each of said pair of split rims having a hub member inserted within an central opening defined by said first side wall, said second side wall and said inflatable member; and means for connecting said pair of split rims to each other.