Patent ID: 6536848
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
A non-rotating display wheel cover assembly connectable to a rotatable wheel of a vehicle comprising:an inner member rigidly connectable to the outside of the wheel and having a support bearing member centrally positioned on said inner member in substantially coaxial alignment with a rotational axis of the wheel; a circular wheel cover having a support shaft extending concentrically and orthogonally from an inside surface of said wheel cover, said support shaft supported for rotation in coaxial alignment when fully engaged with said support bearing member; an elongated cylindrical locking member having a distal end and an enlarged proximal end and rotatably positioned within, and coextensive with, a longitudinal aperture formed through said support shaft; a cam member connected to a distal end of, and rotatable with, said locking member, said cam member having a non-symmetric periphery with respect to a rotational axis of said locking member and having a first rotational orientation with respect to said support shaft wherein said support shaft and said locking member are fully insertable as a unit into said support bearing member to effect full attachment between said inner member and said wheel cover and a second rotational orientation wherein, after said support shaft and said locking member are fully inserted into said support bearing, said cam member prevents withdrawal of said support shaft from said support bearing member, thus locking said inner member and said wheel cover together for relative rotation only therebetween; a counterweight attached to said wheel cover to substantially prevent rotation of said wheel cover with respect to the vehicle as the wheel is rotated during vehicle movement; an interchangeable display indicia attached to an outer surface of said wheel cover which remains substantially upright and readable during vehicle movement.