Patent ID: 7108334
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
1. A cover assembly for covering at least a portion of a wheel securable to a wheel hub by a plurality of lug nuts each having a locking ridge, the cover assembly including: a cover having an outboard surface and an inboard surface; a plurality of openings formed in the cover in a pattern that corresponds to a pattern by which lug nuts secure the wheel to the wheel hub; and a plurality of independently deflectable finger elements which extend axially from the inboard surface of the cover and are provided around a periphery of each of said plurality of openings and arranged to cooperate with the locking ridge of the lug nuts, said plurality of independently deflectable finger elements including first deflectable finger elements that engage a first surface of the looking ridges of the lug nuts and second deflectable finger elements that engage and apply a biasing force to a second opposite surface of the lug nuts when the wheel cover is attached to the wheel.