US Patent Issued to Gaither Tool on April 29 for "RAR2 advanced rapid air release valve pneumatic tire seater" (American, Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,980, issued on April 29, was assigned to Gaither Tool Co. Inc. (Jacksonville, Ill.).

"RAR2 advanced rapid air release valve pneumatic tire seater" was invented by Richard Brahler (Jacksonville, Ill.) and Jime W. Huang (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic tire seater for seating a tubeless tire on a rim has an advanced rapid air release (RAR) valve mounted on a tank suitable for containing pressurized air. A nozzle is mounted on one end of the RAR valve, and the other end of the valve is in unconstrained pneumatic communication with the interior of the air tank. A piston is within a cylinder of the RAR valve. A ...