Tire pressure gauge

Claim 1

IN A TIRE PRESSURE GAUGE REMOVABLY ATTACHED TO THE RIM OF A VEHICLE WHEEL AND IN CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATION WITH THE TIRE VALVE STEM OF A PNEUMATIC TIRE MOUNTED UPON SAID WHEEL, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A MANIFOLD MEMBER POSITIONED UPON SAID RIM; A PRESSURE GAUGE POSITIONED ON SAID MANIFOLD IN AN OUTWARDLY FACING DIRECTION AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID MANIFOLD; AN OUTWARDLY FACING READILY ACCESSIBLE MANIFOLD VALVE STEM MEMBER ATTACHED TO SAID MANIFOLD AND IN COMMUNICATION THEREWITH; A VALVE CORE MEMBER POSITIONED WITHIN SAID MANIFOLD VALVE STEM, SAID STEM MEMBER ORIENTED TO WITHHOLD THE OUTWARD FLOW OF AIR THROUGH SAID MANIFOLD VALVE STEM MEMBER, WHEREBY THE AIR PRESSURE IN SAID PNEUMATIC TIME MAY BE REGULATED BY THE RELEASE OR ADDITION OF AIR THROUGH SAID VALVE CORE MEMBER; A FLEXIBLE HOSE MEMBER, ONE END PORTION OF WHICH IS ATTACHED TO AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID MANIFOLD MEMBER; A VALVE STEM CONNECTING MEMBER CONNECTED TO AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID FLEXIBLE HOSE, SAID VALVE STEM CONNECTING MEMBER COMPRISED OF: A VALVE STEM RECEIVING MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN FOR THE RECEPTION OF A VALVE STEM; A FLEXIBLE GASKET MEMBER CIRCUMFERENTIALLY POSITIONED WITHIN SAID RECEIVING MEMBER ABOUT SAID OPENING; A SLIDEABLE PISTON MEMBER POSITIONED WITHIN SAID RECEIVING MEMBER ADJACENT TO SAID GASKET MEMBER, SAID PISTON MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID FLEXIBLE HOSE; A PIN MEMBER POSITIONED UPON SAID PISTON MEMBER AND EXTENDING TO SAID OPENING, SAID PIN MEMBER ADAPTED TO OPEN SAID VALVE CORE OF SAID TIRE VALVE STEM WHEN SAID TIRE VALVE STEM IS INSERTED IN SAID OPENING; AND A LEVER MEMBER ROTABLY POSITIONED WITHIN SAID VALVE STEM RECEIVING MEMBER IN CONTACT WITH SAID PISTON MEMBER, WHEREBY WHEN SAID LEVER MEMBER IS ROTATED, IT EXERTS PRESSURE ON SAID GASKET MEMBER THROUGH SAID PISTON MEMBER CAUSING SAID GASKET MEMBER TO SEAL SAID TIRE VALVE STEM WITHIN SAID OPENING.