Patent ID: 7510248

Claim:
A wheel cover mounting structure for mounting on a concave wheel disc having a plurality of mounting slots, comprising: a generally circular wheel cover comprising a plurality of through holes corresponding to said mounting slots, a plurality of protruding flanges each extending substantially perpendicularly from a back side of said wheel cover surrounding each of said through holes and adapted to be insertable into said mounting slots, a plurality of plugholes respectively provided at a first wall surface of said protruding flanges, and a plurality of protruding strips extending from a second wall surface of said protruding flanges for stopping against a respective inner end edge of the corresponding mounting slot; and a plurality of retaining spring plates respectively mounted in said plugholes each comprising a plug panel respectively plugged into the plugholes of said wheel cover, a stop panel obliquely extending from one side of said plug panel, and an oblique face panel obliquely extending from one side of said stop panel opposite to said plug panel in a direction forming a chevron shape with said stop panel, said stop panel and said oblique face panel each having two opposite chamfered lateral side edges.