ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,178, issued on April 14, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).
"Tubeless tire insert" was invented by Wesley E. Allinger (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Paul Klawer (North Vancouver, Canada), Douglas A. Chalmers (Burnaby, Canada) and Anastasiia Tekhteleva (Burnaby, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for a tubeless tire insert. The present invention includes an annular body having shock absorbing characteristics. A positioning system configured to vary a mean inner diameter of the insert is also included. The insert has a mean inner diameter X when the tire is being installed on the rim, and the insert has a me...