Patent ID: 7448694

Claim:
A rim and hubcap protector, comprising: a housing; first and second terminal protector sections carried by said housing, at least one of said first and second terminal protector sections rotatably carried by said housing; a plurality of adjacent middle protector sections rotatably carried by said housing between said first and second terminal protector sections; wherein each of said first terminal protector section, said second terminal protector section and said plurality of middle protector sections includes a generally elongated, triangular main portion and a generally curved flange portion carried by said main portion; wherein said main portion and said flange portion of said first terminal protector section are greater in area than said main portion and said flange portion of said second terminal protector section; wherein said main portion and said flange portion of said middle protector sections progressively increase in area from said first terminal protector section to said second terminal protector section; and wherein said first terminal protector section, said second terminal protector section and said plurality of middle protector sections are capable of deployment between an extended configuration and a collapsed configuration.