Resiliently mounted wheel balancing weights

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A WHEEL HAVING A RIM WITH AN AXIALLY EXTENDING FLANGE, A PNEUMATIC TIRE MOUNTED ON THE RIM AND RETAINED BY THE FLANGE, SAID TIRE HAVING AN EXTENDED ARCUATE HEAVY AREA OF GRADUALLY DISTRIBUTED UNBALANCE, A METAL STRIP MOLDABLE BY FINGER PRESSURE POSITIONED ON A RADIALLY INWARD SURFACE OF THE RIM TO UNIFORMLY COUNTERBALANCE STATICALLY AND DYNAMICALLY THE EXTENDED ARCUATE HEAVY AREA OF THE TIRE, SAID METAL STRIP BEING HEAVIER THAN THE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT NECESSARY TO COUNTERBALANCE THE TIRE IF IT WERE CONCENTRATED AT A POINT ON THE RIM AT THE CENTER OF THE METAL STRIP, A DEFORMABLE RESILIENT WATER REPELLENT LAYER OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME LENGTH AND WIDTH AS THE METAL STRIP POSITIONED BETWEEN THE STRIP AND THE RIM, SAID LAYER BEING AT LEAST 1/32 INCH IN THICKNESS, AND PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE MEANS TO SECURE SAID STRIP TO SAID RESILIENT LAYER, AND SAID RESILIENT LAYER TO SAID SURFACE OF THE RIM, WHEREBY THE DEFORMABLE RESILIENT LAYER ELIMINATES SHOCK TO THE ADHESIVE MEANS DURING WHEEL OPERATION BY PROVIDING A FLOATING MOUNTING OF THE STRIP TO THE RIM.