Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Wheel – With wheel cover
Patent
1976-09-10
1978-04-11
Reeves, Robert B.
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Wheel
With wheel cover
301 37SC, B60B 706
Patent
active
040836061
ABSTRACT:
A wheel cover locking device provides adjustable locking capability for a wheel cover of an automotive vehicle utilizing a "C"-shaped bracket having an integral mounting flange, and a bolt receiving spacer lug assembly adjustably mounted on the bracket. The spacer lug is adjustable to accommodate wheel covers for automotive wheels of varying diameters. The spacer lug is fastened to a flat mid-portion of the bracket and adapted to fit beneath a wheel cover. On the outside of the wheel cover a cap member is placed, with a locking bolt extending through the cap member and the wheel cover and threaded into the spacer lug and bracket assembly. The bracket flange is a flat end portion having an aperture to permit securing the assembly to the wheel lug of the vehicle. The cap member or accompanying mounting washer includes a pin extending through the wheel cover to prevent rotative removal of the wheel cover from the wheel. The locking device protects the wheel cover and further protects the wheel itself from being easily removed from the vehicle.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1707458 (1929-04-01), Clench
patent: 2249568 (1941-07-01), Shinliver
patent: 2722822 (1955-11-01), Thomas
patent: 3513673 (1970-05-01), Trainor
patent: 3534570 (1970-10-01), Mauro
patent: 3965708 (1976-06-01), Smiley
Marmor Charles A.
Reeves Robert B.
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