Tire containing vibration dampers

Claim 1

A PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING SIDEWALLS TERMINATING WITH A BEAD PORTION AND ADAPTED TO BE USED WITH A RIM AND A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EQUALLY SPACED, RADIALLY ALIGNED, ELONGATED ELASTOMERIC CUSHIONS THAT ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SIDEWALL AND EXTEND IN AN UNINTERRUPTED LENGTH OVER THE EXTERIOR PORTION OF THE BEAD FROM THE TOE OF SAID BEAD TO AN AREA ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE THAT IS LOCATED RADIALLY OUTWARDL FROM THE CONTACT PORTION OF A RIM, SAID CUSHIONS HAVING SPACED APART SIDES THAT ARE PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND ARE PERPENDICULAR WITH RESPECT TO THE SIDEWALL OF SAID TIRECASING SAID CUSHIONS AND A LOAD NOT LESS THAN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE CUSHIONS AND A LOAD BEARING SURFACE ALL POINTS OF WHICH ARE LOCATED EQUIDISTANT FROM THE TIRE SIDEWALL A DISTANCE NOT LESS THAN HALF OF SAID WIDTH, SAID CUSHIONS HAVING TAPERING ENDS THAT TAPER FROM SAID TOP SURFACE TO SAID TIRE SIDEWALL, AND AT LEAST ONE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ALIGNED ROW OF SEALING BARS THAT INTERCONNECT SAID CUSHIONS, THUS PREVENTING THE ESCAPEMENT OF AIR FROM THE TIRE.