Vehicle tire valve supporting means

Claim 1

IN A TIRE VALVE SUPPORTING MEANS INSTALLABLE IN THE VALVE STEM OPENING OF A VEHICLE WHEEL RIM ON WHICH A TUBELESS PNEUMATIC TIRE IS MOUNTED; THE COMBINATION OF A VALVE CORE SUPPORTING BODY MOUNTED IN THE RIM OPENING AND AN ADAPTOR MEANS DETACHABLY CONNECTABLE WITH SAID BODY; SAID BODY HAVING AN EXTERNALLY THREADED PORTION DISPOSED IN SAID OPENING AND HAVING A RELATIVELY THIN, FLAT HEAD OVERLYING THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF THE RIM AROUND THE VALVE STEM OPENING AND INCAPABLE, PER SE, OF ENGAGEMENT WITH CONVENTIONAL AIR SUPPLY FITTINGS FOR TIRE INFLATION, A GASKET INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE ADJACENT FACES OF SAID HEAD AND THE RIM, A NUT ENGAGING SAID THREADED BODY ON THE INNER FACE OF THE RIM EFFECTIVE TO COMPRESS SAID GASKET AND SEAL THE OPENING WHILE SECURING SAID BODY IN THE RIM OPENING, AND AN INTERNALLY THREADED AXIAL BORE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BODY AND CARRYING A VALVE CORE REMOVABLY ENGAGING THE THREADS OF SAID BORE AND SAID ADAPTOR MEANS INCLUDING A CYLINDRICAL BODY HAVING AN AXIAL BORE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH TERMINATING IN MEANS AT ONE END THEREOF ENGAGEABLE WITH CONVENTIONAL AIR SUPPLY FITTINGS FOR TIRE INFLATING AND TERMINATING IN MEANS AT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF ADAPTED FOR DETACHABLE CONNECTION TO SAID HEAD PORTION OF SAID VALVE CORE SUPPORTING BODY IN THE VEHICLE WHEEL RIM.