Patent ID: 7997663
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
1. A wheel cover adapted to be mounted on vehicle wheel comprising: an outer surface adapted for facing away from a wheel of a vehicle, and an inner surface adapted for facing towards the wheel of the vehicle, central fastening means and peripheral fastening means extending from the inner surface of the wheel cover towards the wheel of the vehicle, wherein the central fastening means being arranged along a first circumference of the wheel cover where bolts of the wheel are arranged and the peripheral fastening means being arranged along a second circumference of the wheel cover having a greater diameter than the first circumference, wherein the central fastening means are shaped so as to make an exclusively snap-type mounting of the wheel cover on elements of the wheel, and wherein the central fastening means comprising a plurality of elastic fasteners adapted for snapping onto the head of the bolts, and wherein the elastic fasteners comprising a tab adapted for enveloping the head of the respective bolt and having an elastic circular wall portion radially spaced from the head of the bolt, wherein an end of the tab comprises a rib or tooth adapted for abutting onto a sloped section of the head of the respective bolt, wherein the sloped section is sloped relative to a direction of insertion of the elastic fastener onto the head of the bolt, wherein the direction of insertion extends parallel to an axis of the bolt, a ridge projecting from the inner surface of the wheel cover to make an abutment with the head of the bolt at the same time the rib or tooth abuts onto the sloped section of the head of the respective bolt, to stop the insertion movement of the wheel cover when mounted on the wheel, wherein the ridge comprises a single centrally-located ridge for making abutment with the bolt head, wherein the single centrally-located ridge extends co-axial to the axis of the bolt.