Patent ID: 7252470

Claim:
A wheel locking assembly comprising: a wheel rim assembly including a disc-shaped wheel rim having a first side and a second side, and also having an axle-receiving opening being centrally disposed therethrough, and further having fastener holes being spaced apart and being disposed therethrough, and also having cover-mounting holes being disposed there through, said wheel rim including arc-shaped recessed areas being circumferentially spaced and being disposed in said first side thereof, selected said fastener holes being disposed in said arc-shaped recessed areas, said wheel rim further including pairs of lock-receiving slots being disposed in walls defining said fastener holes in said arc-shaped recessed areas; a fastener assembly including fasteners being lockingly disposed in said fastener holes of said disc-shaped wheel rim, said fasteners including key members being disposed in said fastener holes in said arc-shaped recessed areas, and also including male and female fasteners being lockingly retained by said key members, each said key member having a hexagonal-shaped head portion, and also having a tubular portion having an open end and a bore being disposed therein, and further having radial slots being disposed in an end wall terminating said bore; a locking assembly being disposed in said disc-shaped wheel rim for locking said fasteners in said fastener holes; and cover members being fastenably attached to said disc-shaped wheel rim.