Patent ID: 6435621
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
An automobile rim extension device for simulating a low-profile wheel, said device being removably coupled to the rim of an automobile wheel, said device comprising:a central mounting member having a central portion adapted for abutting a first surface of a wheel of a vehicle, said central mounting member having a plurality of mounting arms extending outwardly from said central portion, each one of said mounting arms having a aperture extending therethrough, each one of said apertures being alignable with a stud extending from the wheel for facilitating mounting, said central mounting member having a central bore extending therethrough, said bore having threads applied thereto; a disk, said disk having a front surface and a back surface, said disk having a hole therethrough, said hole being substantially positioned in a medial portion of said disk; a peripheral wall being integrally coupled to and extending away from a peripheral edge of said hole; and a plurality of coupling members being securely attached to said peripheral wall and being adapted to releasably engage the rim; a cover member having an outer diameter approximately equal to a diameter of said hole for covering a portion of the wheel visible through said hole of said disk, said cover member having a cover aperture extending therethrough, said cover aperture being positioned centrally through said cover member, said cover aperture being alignable with said central bore when said cover member positioned within said hole of said disk; and a plug member having a longitudinal axis, said plug member having a plug stud portion extending therefrom, said plug stud portion being positioned such that a longitudinal axis of said plug stud portion being collinear with said longitudinal axis of said plug member, said plug stud member having threads applied thereon, said plug stud member being for threadedly engaging said central bore whereby said disk being coupled to said wheel, said plug member having a flange portion for abutting a first surface of said cover member.