Patent ID: 7059684
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
1. A cover for covering a central portion of a wheel of a vehicle, said vehicle having a hub surrounded by a plurality of parallel spaced studs, said wheel having a web with a plurality of holes therein for receiving said studs and a lug nut threaded on each of said studs to retain said wheel to said hub, each of said studs having a longitudinal axis and there being a fixed distance between adjacent ones of said longitudinal axes, said lug nuts having a plurality of flats and a corner between adjacent ones of said flats, and said corners defining a maximum radius of said central portion of said lug nuts, said lug nuts each having a first end directed toward said wheel while said lug nut is threaded on one of said studs, said first end having a tapered surface, said cover comprising a first retainer member having a planar portion for contacting a first and a second adjacent ones of said lug nuts, said planar portion having a surface perpendicular to said axis while in contact with said lug nuts, a second retainer member having a planar portion for contacting said first and said second adjacent ones of said lug nuts, said planar portion having a surface perpendicular to said axis while in contact with said lug nuts, one of said first and second retainer members having a first indentation defining a shape for fitting against said tapered surface of said first lug nut and between said corners, and an outer surface of said wheel, one of said first and second retainer members having a second indentation defining a shape for fitting against said tapered surface of said second lug nut and between said corners and an outer surface of said wheel, and means for rigidly locking and unlocking said first retainer member to said second retainer member.