Method and apparatus for installing a wheel cover
OwnerRobert D. Mundellinventor
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Abstract
A casing formed of flexible and durable plastic or leather forms an enclosed compartment having therein a filling of sand or other finely-divided material. The casing is elastically deformable and the sand is redistributed within the compartment to substantially conform to the contoured area of a wheel cover at a site selected to receive an impact force for installing the cover onto a wheel rim of an automobile or the like. The casing defines a force-receiving area approximately corresponding to the size of a human hand. A strap member is used for retaining support of the casing by the human hand.
Claims6
An apparatus to distribute an impact force along a selected surface, comprising:
- a semi-rigid stiffener sheet having an exposed surface and an unexposed surface;
- a deformable casing secured at its periphery to said stiffener sheet;
- said casing and the said unexposed surface of said stiffener sheet defining an enclosure;
- finely divided solid material filling said enclosing;
- retaining means secured to the said apparatus to retain the said exposed surface against the hand of a user of the apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.