Patent ID: 8739585

Claim:
A wheel lock for a vehicle wheel of the type comprising a body having a central attachment flange, the wheel being adapted for attachment to the vehicle by studs passing through the attachment flange, the wheel lock comprising: a security plate; the security plate comprising a front side and a rear side; the rear side having a plurality of first circumferentially spaced-apart openings arranged to receive wheel studs; each of the first circumferentially spaced-apart openings sized to receive a lug nut threaded on a wheel stud; the rear side having at least one second opening circumferentially spaced-apart from the first openings; the second opening sized to receive a wheel stud; the front side having covers over each of the first circumferentially spaced-apart openings preventing access to lug nuts threaded on corresponding wheel studs; the front side having a receptacle concentric with the second opening; and, a lock lug received and held by the receptacle; the lock lug comprising a threaded stud hole for threadably engaging a wheel stud passing through the threaded stud hole.