Patent ID: 8469459

Claim:
A system for securing a wheel cover on a wheel assembly of a vehicle, the system comprising: a first bearing surface on the wheel cover, said bearing surface being engageable by a portion of the vehicle; a second bearing surface on the wheel cover, said bearing surface being engageable by said portion of the vehicle simultaneously with the first bearing surface, at least one of the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface being located on a resiliently deflectable portion of the wheel cover, at least one of the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface being sloped with respect to an axis along which the wheel cover is applied to the wheel to secure the wheel cover on the wheel assembly, so as to enable slidable engagement between the at least one sloped bearing surface and the portion of the vehicle engaged by the at least one sloped bearing surface; and at least one retention surface engageable with said portion of the vehicle to retain the wheel cover on the wheel assembly, the at least one retention surface being separate from the at least one sloped bearing surface, wherein said at least one sloped bearing surface is located on a substantially non-deflectable portion of the wheel cover.