Tire repair insert

Claim 1

A TIRE HAVING AN ELONGATED BUT NARROW INJURY SLIT FILLED WITH A PLURALITY OF SIDE BY SIDE ELONGATED WIDE AND RELATIVELY THIN SELLING ELEMENTS JOINED AT ONE END BY AN INTERGAL FOLD, EACH ELEMENT BEING RESILIENT AND MULTI-PLY, THE SEALING ELEMENTS EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE WALLS OF THE SLIT AND IN A COMPRESSED AND ATTENTUATED STATE THROUGH THE SLIT FOR ITS FULL LENGTH AND WIDTH, THE FOLDED END PORTIONS OF THE SEALING ELEMENTS EXTENDING BEYOND THE SLITS AND BEING UNCONFINED FOR LATERAL EXPANSION, WHEN RELAXED, INTO LOCKING HEADS ENGAGING THE PROXIMATE FACES OF THE TIRE ADJACENT SAID SLIT, AND EACH SEALING ELEMENT COMPRISING AN ELASTIC BASE AND A FACING OF ADHENSIVE COATING OF UNCURED RUBBER UNITED THERETO AND IN PRESSURE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ADJACENT ELEMENT FACINGS AND WITH THE TIRE WALLS SURROUNDING THE INJURY OPENING TO ESTABLISH A SEALING CONNECTION THEREWITH.