Loose wheel nut indicator and restrainer
AssigneeMarchmont Pty Limited
InventorRonald Robert Mason
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AssigneeMarchmont Pty Limited
InventorRonald Robert Mason
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An apparatus (10) for visually indicating a loose wheel nut (57) on a wheel of a motor vehicle has a plurality of wheel nut engaging members (12, 14, 16, 18, 20). Each wheel nut engaging member is rotatable with a respective wheel nut to which it is engaged and has a pointer (26) for indicating a start position of the wheel nut engaging member. Any two adjacent wheel nut engaging members of the plurality are interconnected by an elongate member (28) which is resiliently flexible so as to define an endless configuration of spaced apart but interconnected wheel nut engaging members. In use, any loosening rotation of a first wheel nut (57) will cause the engaging member (12) which engages that wheel nut and its pointer (26) to rotate therewith, thereby providing a visual indication of a loosening of that wheel nut.
An apparatus for visually indicating a loose wheel nut on a wheel of a motor vehicle, comprising a plurality of wheel nut engaging members arranged in a ring configuration, each engaging member being rotatable with a respective wheel nut to which it is engaged and having a pointer for indicating a start position of the engaging member, wherein each pair of adjacent engaging members of the plurality of wheel nut engaging members arranged in a ring are interconnected by an elongate member which is resiliently flexible, wherein, the plurality of wheel nut engaging members, pointers and interconnecting elongate members being integrally formed and wherein each of the pointers are oriented uniformly such that in use, any loosening rotation of a first wheel nut will cause the engaging member which engages that wheel nut and its pointer to rotate therewith, thereby providing a visual indication of a loosening of that wheel nut.
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