PNEUMATIC TIRE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME

The present invention provides a pneumatic tire provided with a mechanical fastener member for attaching an object to the inner surface of a pneumatic tire, wherein the mechanical fastener member is bonded with high bonding strength to the inner circumferential surface of the tire, and a method of manufacturing the same. The pneumatic tire of the present invention comprises a mechanical fastener member on a tire inner surface, the mechanical fastener member corresponding to a first member of a mechanical fastener separable into two members and being fixed protruding to a tire cavity side. A fixing strength of the mechanical fastener member is from 0.1 to 100 (N/mm2). A method of manufacturing the pneumatic tire comprises the steps of disposing the mechanical fastener member on an inner surface of an unvulcanized green tire so as to protrude to a tire cavity side; disposing a collar member between a region approximate to a protruding tip of a protruding portion of the mechanical fastener member and the inner surface of the green tire around the mechanical fastener member to fill a space formed therebetween; and vulcanization molding the green tire. The collar member is removed after the above steps.