Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Wheel – With wheel cover
Patent
1995-06-07
1996-06-11
Stormer, Russell D.
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Wheel
With wheel cover
301 371, 118505, B60B 706
Patent
active
055249728
ABSTRACT:
A wheel mask provided to protect the vehicle wheels during chemical treatment of the tires is a unitary thin plastic molding having a circular concave body that includes a central hub having an exterior handle and terminates in a flared outer periphery. The flared outer periphery includes a plurality of radially-spaced annular raised ridges, each having tapered annular inner and outer walls connected by an annular crown. Each ridge corresponds to a specific size wheel rim. A plurality of annular depressed grooves are formed at the juncture of adjacent inner and outer walls. The handle is inwardly open and formed of walls which project outwardly of the hub and are tapered to permit partial insertion of a handle of another mask, and the ridge walls are angled outwardly to enhance stacking of a plurality of masks. A plurality of spaced slits are provided in each groove to form weakened groove cut lines to facilitate trimming the mask to a specific size wheel and enable the outermost ridge to embrace the outer annular edge of a specific size wheel rim. One or more integral depressions having restricted resilient openings can be provided to retain bottles of tire treatment. Also, the central hub can be provided with projections comprising feet to support in inverted wheel mask for use a liquid vessel.
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Cailor Bradley S.
Hentosh Pat J.
Greenlee David A.
Stormer Russell D.
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