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US 4,054,323 AGranted
Hub cap locking device
OwnerEdson Lewisinventor
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Abstract
A plurality of L-shaped brackets spaced about the inner circumference of a hubcap have a slot for receiving one of a plurality of L-shaped lugs projecting outwardly from the exterior surface of a wheel to prevent the hubcap from being pryed from the wheel. A lock on the hubcap has a reciprocable projection received within a rectangular slot on one of the wheel lugs to preclude relative rotation of the hubcap and wheel.
Claims5
A hubcap locking arrangement for a vehicle wheel comprising:
- a vehicle wheel including a plurality of L-shaped lugs spaced about the exterior circumference of said wheel, each of said lugs having a horizontal leg extending in the same direction about the wheel circumference;
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- a hubcap including a plurality of L-shaped brackets spaced about the interior circumference of said hubcap, each of said brackets having a horizontal leg extending in the same direction about the hubcap circumference and in the same direction as the horizontal legs of said lugs when the interior circumference of said hubcap is facing the exterior circumference of said wheel, each of said brackets including a slot for receiving a lug on said wheel with the horizontal legs of said lug and said bracket overlying each other to preclude said hubcap from being pryed from said wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.