Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Wheel – With wheel cover
Patent
1994-03-14
1994-11-22
Stormer, Russell D.
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Wheel
With wheel cover
301 3736, B60B 710
Patent
active
053662784
ABSTRACT:
A retention device and system for securing a disc, such as a wheel cover, to a wheel rim is disclosed. A first embodiment of the retention device includes a fastening member with a turned upper lip that hooks over the wheel rim, an inturned flexible section that extends along the flange of the wheel, a flexible base portion snap-fits to the wheel and subjected to a pressing force that defeats the spring action created in a bend of the base portion which in turn locks the disc retention device to the wheel. An upturned lower flange of the lower arm fits into an end of the connecting member which is attached thereto by means of a retaining member. The retaining member has an upper bight portion that extends through the upper lip of the connecting member and a pair of side legs extending perpendicular to the plane of the upper bight portion. The connecting member has two inturned folds which face opposite each other at open ends and a top arcuate edge. The retaining member is fitted up into the folds and extends through the lip of the connecting member. The disc having a downturned edge fits over the arcuate top edge providing attachment to the connecting member. A screwdriver or other prying tool when placed through the whole accompanied by a force exerted along the tip of the object overcomes the spring action allowing separation of the disc from the wheel rim. A plurality of circumferentially spaced retention devices are used as a system to secure the disc to the wheel rim. Further embodiments and variations in the shape of the connecting member of the lower arm and the disc may have inside slots or outside slots forming connecting male and female releasable parts to readily remove and replace the discs.
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