Patent ID: 8342613

Claim:
A composite vehicle wheel including a hub, a rim and a plurality of spokes interconnecting the hub to the rim, the wheel including an inner face and an outer face, the composite wheel further including a wheel cladding covering at least a portion of the outer face of the wheel, the cladding having an inner face and an outer face, the cladding further including at least one mounting post integral with the cladding and extending axially from the inner face of the cladding, at least one mushroom head clip, the mushroom head clip including a mounting collar, the mounting collar surrounding the mounting post and being concentric therewith, the cladding further including a screw having an enlarged head extending into a bore formed in the mounting post, the enlarged head abutting the mounting collar to secure the mushroom head clip to the mounting post, the mushroom head clip extending axially through an aperture formed in the wheel, at least a portion of the mushroom head clip overlying at least a portion of the inner face of the wheel surrounding the aperture whereby the cladding is permanently affixed to the wheel.