Patent ID: 7270382

Claim:
A wheel configured to be mounted to a vehicle, the wheel comprising: (a) a substantially circular inboard rim adapted to form a seal against a tire wall; (b) a substantially circular outboard rim adapted to form a seal against a tire wall; (c) a wheel barrel comprising an exterior surface and an interior surface, the wheel barrel extending between the inboard and outboard rims, and the interior surface of the wheel barrel comprising a first diameter near the outboard rim and a second diameter near the inboard rim, the first diameter being larger than the second diameter so that a majority of the interior surface between the inboard rim and the outboard rim comprises a substantially frusto-conical shape; and (d) a wheel center, attached to the interior surface of the wheel barrel near the inboard rim, wherein at least a portion of the wheel center is positioned closer to the outboard rim than the inboard rim.