Decorative attachments for wheels
AssigneeThe Original Round Effects Company Limited
InventorRobert L. McEachern
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Abstract
A decorative attachment for a wheel includes a circular rod-like frame having a diameter slightly less than the diameter of the wheel rim, and a decorated flexible material extending across and secured to the frame. The material has a central aperture to receive the hub and a multitude of small apertures throughout the material providing a porosity of from about 30% to about 80% to enable transversely moving air to pass therethrough.
Claims13
A decorative attachment for a wheel having spokes extending radially from a central hub to a tire-carrying rim, said attachment comprising a circular rod-like frame having a diameter slightly less than the diameter of the wheel rim, and a decorated flexible material extending across and secured to the frame, said material having a central aperture to receive the hub and a multitude of small appertures throughout the material providing a porosity of from about 30% to about 80% to enable transversely moving air to pass therethrough.
A decorated wheel assembly comprising a wheel having spokes radiating from a central hub to a tire-carrying rim, and a pair of decorative attachments on opposite sides of the wheel, each decorative attachment comprising a circular rod-like frame having a diameter slightly less than the diameter of the wheel rim, and a decorated flexible material extending across and secured to the frame, said flexible material having a central apperture and a multitude of small appertures throughout the material providing a porosity of from about 30% to about 80% to enable transversely moving air to pass therethrough, said decorative attachments being located on opposite sides of the wheel with the hub passing through the central appertures in the flexible material, said assembly also including a series of securing devices spaced around the periphery of a frame, each securing device extending through the wheel between the spokes and secured to the attachment frames on opposite sides of the wheel to secure the decorative attachments in assembly with the wheel.
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