Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Wheel – With wheel cover
Reexamination Certificate
2003-06-19
2004-04-27
Jules, Frantz F. (Department: 3617)
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Wheel
With wheel cover
C301S037320, C301S037106, C301S037340
Reexamination Certificate
active
06726290
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a wheel cover, particularly to one provided with a wheel cover body whose fixing bases are connected with securing members by springs, by which the securing members can be moved to and fro under the resilience of the springs so that in case that a tire of an automobile is forcedly deformed to jostle against the wheel cover of the present invention while the automobile is driven on a rough road or runs over hard objects in high speed, the wheel cover body can follow the resilient to-and-fro movements of the securing members under the resilience of the springs to prevent the wheel cover of the present invention from coming off or being burst out of a wheel rim.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Generally speaking, as shown in
FIG. 1
, a wheel cover i has a plurality of securing bases
10
fixed to and spaced apart equidistantly around near an outer peripheral edge thereof, and a steel ring
11
fitted in inner sides of the securing bases
10
, by which the conventional wheel cover
1
is capable of being assembled with a wheel rim. However, the securing bases
10
are integrally formed with the conventional wheel cover
1
so that in case that an automobile is driven on a rough road or runs over hard objects in high speed, a plastic-made tire of the automobile is liable to be deformed under momentary strong force to make the steel ring
11
disengaged with the securing bases
10
, thus resulting in a danger of having the conventional wheel cover
1
coming off or being burst out of the wheel rim.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The main purpose of the invention is to offer a wheel cover provided with a wheel cover body whose fixing bases are connected with securing members by springs, by which the securing members can be moved to and fro under the resilience of the springs so that in case that a tire of an automobile is forcedly deformed to jostle against the wheel cover of the present invention while the automobile is driven on a rough road or runs over hard objects, the wheel cover body can follow the resilient to-and-fro movements of the securing members under the resilience of the springs to prevent the wheel cover of the present invention from coming off or being burst out of a wheel rim.
The main feature of the invention is to provide a wheel cover mainly including:
a wheel cover body having a plurality of fixing bases fixed to and spaced apart equidistantly around near an outer peripheral edge thereof, each of the fixing bases provided with at least one first hook hole;
a plurality of securing members capable of being connected to the fixing bases of the wheel cover body, each of the securing members provided with at least one second hook hole corresponding to the at least one first hook hole of each of the fixing bases; and,
a plurality of springs each provided with both ends capable of respectively hooking into each of the first hook holes of the fixing bases and each of the corresponding second hook holes of the securing members so that the securing members are capable of being connected to the fixing bases and moved to and fro under the resilience of the springs.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5752745 (1998-05-01), Sheu
patent: 5791741 (1998-08-01), Sheu
patent: 6059375 (2000-05-01), Shryock
patent: 6575537 (2003-06-01), Wang
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