Patent ID: 7669940

Claim:
An adaptable wheel assembly comprising: a wheel having a central axis and including an annular rim portion coaxial to said central axis, an annular hub portion provided with a pilot bore coaxial with said central axis and an annular disk portion radially extending between said rim portion and said hub portion; and a front cover member removably attached to said wheel by a plurality of first threaded fasteners provided adjacent said rim portion and at least one second threaded fastener provided adjacent said pilot bore and radially inside said first threaded fasteners; said disk portion being formed without decorative windows therethrough and having an angularly uniform, uninterrupted axially outer surface defined as a surface of revolution; said disk portion having a plurality of first threaded holes provided adjacent said rim portion and circumferentially spaced from each other for receiving said first threaded fasteners; said hub portion including a plurality of angularly spaced lug holes and at least one second threaded hole spaced from said lug holes and provided for receiving said at least one second threaded fastener; said cover member having a plurality of first holes therethrough being in alignment with said first threaded holes of said wheel and at least one second hole therethrough being in alignment with said at least one second threaded hole of said wheel; said cover member further having a central hole therethrough coaxial with said pilot bore in said wheel and a plurality of decorative openings therethrough radially spaced from said central hole so as to expose said axially outer surface of said disk portion of said wheel; said first threaded fasteners extending through said first holes in said cover member and engaging said first threaded holes in said wheel; said at least one second threaded fastener extending through said at least one second hole in said cover member and engaging said at least one second threaded hole in said wheel.