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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6345655 | Storable tire assembly for a vehicle The invention is a collapsible tire assembly for a vehicle designed for traveling over terrain. In detail, the tire assembly includes a rim rotatably mountable to the vehicle. An outer tube expandable from a stored condition to an expanded condition is at... | 02/12/2002 |
| 4435236 | Method of manufacturing a foldable bicycle tire having flexible beads An improved bicycle tire which can be folded for storage and transportation while maintaining the same running properties as a conventional tire. A plurality of bead cores made of a cord tensile member embedded in the bead section of the tire are provided... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4261406 | Expandable radial carcass spare tire A spare tire which is expandable by inflation, having a radial carcass reinforcement anchored to at least one bead ring in each bead and having a tread reinforcement formed of at least two plies of cables which are parallel in each ply and crossed from on... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4240486 | Stretchable radial spare tire A radial spare tire which, upon inflation, stretches from a shape having a reduced diameter adjacent the wheel rim on which the tire is mounted, to a regularly sized radial tire which the spare tire is designed to replace. The tire is molded and vulcanize... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4238259 | Foldable spare tire Tendency of a tire bead core to be rotated by the tire ply wrapped around the core, when the tire is expanded from a cylindrical or collapsed state to its normal toroidal operating state, particularly after the tire is cured, is inhibited, or eliminated b... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4177851 | Foldable spare tire Tendency of a tire bead core to be rotated by the tire ply wrapped around the core, when the tire is expanded from a cylindrical or collapsed state to its normal toroidal operating state, particularly after the tire is cured, is inhibited, or eliminated b... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4116255 | Foldable pneumatic tire A foldable pneumatic tire including an annular tread and sidewalls each extending from both ends of the tread and terminating in bead portions, the sidewalls adapted to be folded axially inwardly toward each other to be collapsed within the tread. The fol... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4057091 | Pneumatic tire This disclosure related to a pneumatic tire which is collapsible in its uninflated shape. This disclosure relates to a pneumatic tire and the rim combination of the pneumatic tire and a rim wherein the bead areas of the tire are capable of rotating in the... | 11/08/1977 |
