Patent ID: 8628149

Claim:
An overmolded wheel-balancing weight comprising: a wheel-securing clip adapted to be secured to a wheel; a weight assembled to the wheel-securing clip; and overmolding material adapted to at least partially cover the weight to protect the wheel when the overmolded wheel-balancing weight is secured to the wheel, wherein the wheel-securing clip comprises a wheel-securing portion and a weight securing portion, the wheel-securing portion including a first portion, proximal to the weight, and a second portion, distal to the weight and opposed to the first portion, the wheel-securing portion being substantially free of overmolding material between the first portion and the second portion, the wheel-securing portion being adapted to secure an edge of the wheel between the first portion and the second portion without overmolding material intervening between the first portion, the edge of the wheel and the second portion, the weight-securing portion being substantially overmolded in the overmolding material, and wherein the wheel-securing clip, between the wheel-securing portion and the weigh-securing portion, and the overmolding material, between the wheel-securing portion and the weigh-securing portion, have a substantially flush transition surface .