US Patent Issued to Superior Tire and Rubber on April 22 for "Hollow tire and method of making same" (Pennsylvania, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,621, issued on April 22, was assigned to Superior Tire and Rubber Corp. (Warren, Pa.).

"Hollow tire and method of making same" was invented by Kyle Robert Knotowicz (Jamestown, N.Y.) and Joseph J. Peterson (Warren, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire comprising a continuous channel defined by spaced apart sidewalls coupled at a first end to a bridging member and at a second end to a contact member that is coupled to a disc contact portion, said tire being formed by rotational molding of a polyurethane and configured for mounting on a wheel rim."

The patent was filed on July 15, 2019, under Application No. 16/511,967.

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