Vehicle wheel with rubber tire

Claim 1

In combination: a vehicle wheel comprising a split rim having separate independent rim discs without rigid connection to each other, each rim disc having lateral wheel flanges axially spaced from each other for receiving tire beads radially outwardly thereon and also having rim extensions respectively connected to and directed radially inwardly from said wheel flanges and defining with each other an annular space extending radially inwardly therebetween with regard to the largest diameter surface of said wheel flanges; a solid rubber tire having beads resting radially on the axial outside of, and held respectively by, said lateral wheel flanges, said wheel flanges exerting outwardly directed axial forces upon said beads by means of spring tension, and said tire exerting inwardly directed axial forces on said rim discs, said tire extending across said annular space and being adapted to be partially deflected thereinto during springing-in of said tire; and additional intermediate coaxial means located between said rim discs and radially inwardly between said wheel flanges for supporting and detachably connecting said rim discs and for resisting said inwardly directed axial forces of said tire, said solid rubber tire and said additional intermediate coaxial means being individual parts which are assembled together safely under tensile and pressure forces into a functional unit without the necessity of any bonding connections, said tire and said coaxial means being suitably capable of being taken apart again for interchange and replacement purposes.