Patent ID: 7658809

Claim:
A method of attaching an object to a tire, the method including the steps of: (a) providing a tire having a surface; the tire having a first portion of a two-piece mechanical fastening system secured to the surface of the tire; the first portion of the two-piece mechanical fastening system having a plurality of small connectors; (b) attaching the object to a second portion of the two-piece mechanical fastening system; the second portion of the two-piece mechanical fastening system having a plurality of small connectors; the mechanical fastening system being one of a hook-and-loop fastening system and a hook-and-hook fastening system; and (c) attaching the first portion of the two-piece mechanical fastening system to the second portion of the two-piece mechanical fastening system wherein a plurality of the small connectors of the first and second portions of the two-piece mechanical fastening system are connected together with the object disposed between the first and second portions of the mechanical fastening system.