Patent ID: 7004504
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. A cover for a wheel for a skateboard, said wheel having a cylindrical tread surface joined to convex surfaces on opposite sides of the wheel and concentric with a bore, said bore having a shoulder on esch end of the bore arranged to support a bearing and retaining nut mounted on an axle positioned through said bore, wherein said cover comprises: a plate bounded by a circular outside edge and a circular inside edge concentric with said circular outside edge, said plate having a shape that is convex in a convex direction opposite a concave face; said plate having a circular neck region bounded by said inside edge and extending in a direction opposite said convex direction; said shape of said plate and said neck dimensioned in operable combination with said wheel to provide that said cover be securely positionable with said concave surface flush against said convex surface of said wheel and said neck press fitted inside said shoulder; said plate having a plurality of apertures arranged in a circle concentrically around said neck region, a gasket being a flat ring with an inside diameter and outside diameter having an adhesive composition coating on both sides of said gasket; said gasket arranged for positioning between said convex surface of said wheel and said concave surface of said plate whereby security of said cover flush against said front surface of said wheel is enhanced.