Tire tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9610811-B2
Application number	US-201414556336-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2014
Priority date	Dec 1, 2014
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

A tire tool includes a body including a tire levering end and an inflating end including first connecting end delimiting a first fluid channel and a second connecting end delimiting a second fluid channel. The first and second channels fluidly connect to one another.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tire tool, comprising:
a body including a tire levering end and an inflating end including a first connecting end delimiting a first fluid channel and a second connecting end delimiting a second fluid channel, with the first and second channels fluidly connecting to one another.

2. The tire tool as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the tire levering end has a distal end coincident with a distal end of the body, wherein the tire levering end has a reduced thickness as it extends along a longitudinal direction of the body toward the distal end thereof, and wherein the body extends longitudinally along a phantom axis.

3. The tire tool as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first and second connecting ends extend longitudinally in different directions with respect to the phantom axis, wherein the first connecting end extends longitudinally along a first axis, wherein the second connecting end extends longitudinally along a second axis, wherein the first axis and the phantom axis have a first included angle facing toward the tire levering end, wherein the second axis and the phantom axis have a second included angle facing toward the tire levering end, and wherein the first and second axes have a third included angle facing away the tire levering end.

4. The tire tool as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first included angle is between 30 and 180 degrees, wherein the second included angle is between 20 and 180 degrees, and wherein the third included angle is not less than 10 degrees.

5. The tire tool as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first connecting end includes an insert and a gasket disposed within the first fluid channel, wherein the insert has a protruded end adapted to abut a valve core of a valve, thereby opening the valve core of the valve, and wherein the gasket has an annular shape and includes a hole extending therethrough.

6. The tire tool as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first fluid channel in the first connecting end has a periphery thereof forming inner threads.

7. The tire tool as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the second connecting end includes a seal disposed within the second fluid channel and a cap connected thereto, wherein the seal has a hole extending therethrough, and wherein the cap restrains the seal and includes a hole extending therethrough, which has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the hole extending through the seal.

8. The tire tool as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first fluid channel in the first connecting end has a periphery thereof forming inner threads.

9. The tire tool as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second connecting end includes a seal disposed within the second fluid channel and a cap connected thereto, wherein the seal has a hole extending therethrough, and wherein the cap restrains the seal and includes a hole extending therethrough, which has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the hole extending through the seal.

10. The tire tool as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the second fluid channel in the second connecting end has a periphery thereof forming inner threads, and wherein the cap has an outer threads engaging with the inner threads.

11. The tire tool as claimed in claim 1 , where the first fluid channel delimits a first opening at a distal end of the first connecting end, and wherein the second fluid channel delimits a second opening at a distal end of the second connecting end.

12. The tire tool as claimed in claim 1 , where the tire levering end and the inflating end are disposed opposite to one another axially.

Assignees

• Wu Scott

Inventors

• Wu Scott

Classifications

• B60C25/02 Primary

  Tyre levers or the like, e.g. hand-held · CPC title

• B60C29/00

  Arrangements of tyre-inflating valves to tyres or rims; Accessories for tyre-inflating valves, not otherwise provided for (tools for mounting or demounting valves B60C25/18) · CPC title