Patent ID: 7597403

Claim:
A rim protection apparatus for protecting rims while cleaning and dressing tires, the rim protection apparatus comprising: a hub handle disc having a first side surface and a second side surface; a first disc having a first side surface and a second side surface, the first disc having a diameter greater than a diameter of the hub handle disc; a second disc having a first side surface and a second side surface, the second disc having a diameter greater than the diameter of the first disc; a third disc having a first side surface and a second side surface, the third disc having a diameter greater than the diameter of the second disc; a hub handle positioned in the approximate center of the hub handle disc, the hub handle being sized and shaped for being graspable by a user; a disc attachment means for releasably securing the second side surface of the hub handle disc to each of the first disc, the second disc, the third disc, and the fourth disc, and for releasably securing the second side surface of the first disc to the first side surface of the second disc, for releasably securing the second side surface of the second disc to the first side surface of the third disc, and for releasably securing the second side surface of the third disc to the first side surface of the fourth disc; and an absorbent material secured around a perimeter of the second side surface of each of the discs, the absorbent material absorbing cleaning solutions and dressings.