Decorative security wheel fastener
AssigneeMacLean-Fogg Company
InventorsMark RAVES, Lee Richard MAYERS, Joseph VERLA, Kenneth James RIMATZKI
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AssigneeMacLean-Fogg Company
InventorsMark RAVES, Lee Richard MAYERS, Joseph VERLA, Kenneth James RIMATZKI
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A security fastener assembly is provided with a cap having a decorative bearing surface and a lower retention portion. A fastener body has: a threaded portion or securing the fastener assembly to a corresponding threaded feature on a vehicle; a stem opposite the threaded portion for receiving the cap, the stem having a security protrusion defining a distal end, an undercut formed adjacent the stem for cooperating with the lower retention portion of the cap, where the lower retention portion of the cap is secured in the undercut to maintain the cap on the fastener body; a keyed security drive feature formed between the threaded portion the stem portion where the fastener body is removable with the keyed security feature. Engaging the decorative bearing surface of the cap and rotating does not rotate the threaded portion of the fastener body.
A security fastener assembly comprising:
The security fastener assembly of claim 7, wherein the undercut comprises an angled groove having an asymmetric cross-section.
A method of forming a fastener comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.