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Event date: February 04, 1913  

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New tire wins patent

On this day, Louis Henry Perlman of New York received a patent for the first demountable tire-carrying rim. Until Perlman's invention, changing a tire meant changing the wheel. Today, demountable tire-carrying rims are fashionable accessories that express their driver's individuality.
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