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US 2013/0076107 A1Published application
Wheel cover and mounting device
AssigneeVolvo Group North America, LLC
InventorsAlan Manning Starnes, Robert William Finley
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Abstract
A wheel cover includes a quick fasten and release device for securing the wheel cover to a vehicle wheel. The device includes a clamp mechanism extending from a central location on the wheel cover. The clamp includes grappling fingers that engage the wheel hub flange when drawn into engagement by a mechanism operated by a handle accessible from the outward facing surface of the wheel cover.
Claims8
A wheel cover and mounting device, comprising:
- a wheel cover;
- a hub gripping device for releasably gripping an axle hub, the huh gripping device having a body supporting the wheel cover at a first end and having hub gripping members at a second end;
- a handle attached to the first end of the hub gripping device, the handle operatively connected to the gripping members lot selectively moving, the gripping, members between a gripping position and a release position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.