Wire wheel cover

A simulated wire wheel cover for attachment to the outer face of a vehicle wheel, said cover comprising, in combination:

• a retaining ring having a plurality of retention clips fastened to the outer margin thereof for bitingly engaging said vehicle wheel;
• a generally circular mounting plate secured at its peripheral portion to said retaining ring and having an annular generally radially facing spoke retaining flange having a plurality of apertures therein;
• a first generally circular retaining cap of a diameter which is substantially less than the diameter of said spoke retaining flange and having an annular generally axially inwardly directed and radially facing cap flange, said cap flange having a plurality of circumferentially spaced elongated slots therein which open at the axially inner edge of said cap flange;
• means for mounting said retaining cap to said mounting plate;
• a plurality of spoke members each spoke member comprising an elongated member having a looped central portion the diameter of which is greater than the circumferential width of said slots and a pair of legs extending therefrom in a generally V-shaped configuration, each of said spoke members being mounted in respective ones of said slots of said first cap wherein the loop portions thereof are disposed radially inwardly of said slots and wherein the free ends of said legs project through said slots, generally radially outwardly from said cap flange, and through a corresponding pair of said apertures of said mounting plate;
• a second generally circular retaining cap of a diameter which is substantially less than the diameter of said first cap and having an annular generally axially inwardly directed and radially facing cap flange with said second cap flange having a plurality of circumferentially spaced elongated slots which open at the axially inner edge of said second cap flange;
• means for mounting said second retaining cap to said mounting plate;
• and,
• a second plurality of spoke members each spoke member comprising an elongated member having a looped central portion the diameter of which is greater than the circumferential width of said slots of said second cap and a pair of legs extending therefrom in a generally V-shaped configuration, each of said spoke members being mounted in respective ones of said slots of said second cap wherein the loop portions thereof are disposed radially inwardly of said slots and wherein the free ends of said legs project through said slots of said second cap, generally radially outwardly from said flange of said second cap, and through a corresponding pair of said apertures of said mounting plate.