Patent ID: 6863353

Claim:
A cover for a vehicle wheel for use while cleaning a tire mounted on the wheel consisting of: a) a vehicle wheel having an inner rim, said rim having a tire mounted thereon, said rim having a peripheral edge; b) a cover, said cover being concave shaped for covering said rim of said vehicle wheel while said tire is being cleaned, said cover being of uniform thickness and having a knife-shaped peripheral edge, said cover having an inside and an outside, the inside of said cover being smoothly concave with constant curvature to the peripheral edge of said cover; c) said cover mating with said tire rim such that the peripheral edge of said rim is in contact with a surface on the inside of said cover so that the peripheral edge of said cover extends past and overlaps the peripheral edge of said rim to permit said rim to remain clean while said tire is being cleaned; and, d) a handle, said handle being centrally disposed on said outside of said cover to permit a user to grasp the cover.