Patent ID: 6722680
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A wheelchair wheel cover comprising:a central hub having an inboard central bore that journals the central hub on a fixed axle, an outboard bore in the central hub having a larger diameter than the inboard central bore and that is concentric with the inboard central bore, and a flat radially extending wall separating the inboard central bore from the outboard bore; a wheel cover disk portion integral with the central hub and extending radially outward from the central hub; a radially outer cylindrical portion concentric with the inboard central bore and extending axially inward from the wheel cover disk portion to a wheel cover inboard edge; an axle shaft having a shaft inboard end and a head end extending through the central hub with the head end inside the outboard bore; an inboard washer received on the shaft inboard end and positioned between the central hub and an outboard bearing end of a wheel bearing of a wheelchair wheel, and wherein the shaft inboard end extends through an inner race of the wheel bearing, through a wheelchair frame and screws into a nut; and wherein tightening the nut clamps the inner race of the wheel bearing and anchors the inner race relative to the wheelchair frame.