ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,916, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Champion Tire & Wheel Inc. (Cornelius, N.C.).
"Process for tire mounting" was invented by Albert Brunner (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a process for mounting a tire onto a wheel. The process comprises positioning the tire in respect to the wheel such that a first arc of the bottom bead extends between the wheel's top and bottom bead seats. Next, two fingers are placed in contact with the bottom bead at locations immediately adjacent to opposing ends of the first arc of the bottom bead. The first finger rotates about the central axis in a rotational directio...