Patent ID: 7093909
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
1. A shield system for hindering identification of a vehicle wherein said vehicle has a wheel assembly including an axle, hub, wheel, and tire, said shield system comprising: a. holding means on said hub for extension through said wheel and receipt thereon of a plurality of attaching means, said holding means comprising a plurality of threaded studs extending axially outwardly from the hub, said plurality of studs being equally spaced apart about the hub within a circular pattern, said attaching means which are received on said plurality of threaded studs being selected from the group consisting of compatible, internally threaded nuts and a spacing means, said spacing means comprising a plurality of elongate hexagonal fasteners and a mounting bracket, said elongate hexagonal fasteners having internal threaded bores at each end which are compatible with said threaded studs, said mounting bracket comprising a metal bracket having a geometry of an inverted isosceles triangle as mounted against said wheel with blind apertures centered within each angle for receiving threaded bolts which pierce said apertures and the outboard ends of said hexagonal fasteners; b. mounting means for mounting a shield carrier means to the wheel assembly through a plurality of fastening means; c. bearing means positioned on said mounting means and retained thereon by an outboard retainer means positioned against said shield carrier means having an interior annular bore for radially housing said bearing means; d. accepting means on said shield carrier means for receiving thereon an annular ring of a skeletal framework means of said shield system; e. connecting means for connection of said skeletal framework means with said annular ring to said shield carrier means; f. covering means of a substantially continuous annulus of durable, woven fabric deployed about the structural framework means; and g. orienting means to hold said skeletal framework in alignment and proper orientation to said vehicle.