Automobile wheel shield

A shield for covering a wheel on an automobile during the process of spraying a protectant on thc sidewall of a tire mounted on said wheel, said wheel having a rim portion with an outer flange and said tire being seated on said rim portion such that its sidewall forms a crevice therewith, said shield comprising:

• a hollow frusto-conical body having a large diameter open end and a small diameter closed end with a cylindrical rim on the large diameter open end thereof and a knob on the small diameter closed end thereof, said cylindrical rim having an outer circumferential edge;
• an elongated retainer means on said cylindrical rim having an axially outwardly and radially inwardly directed beveled free end portion;
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• a box structure having a front wall located on the frusto-conical body adjacent said cylindrical rim and opposite said free end portion of said retainer means;
• whereby by use of said knob said frusto-conical body can be positioned with its cylindrical rim fitted over the outer flange of said wheel with at least the lower end of said outer circumferential edge abutting the sidewall of the tire and by pushing on said front wall of said box structure said free end portion of said retainer means can be forced in the crevice formed between the sidewall of the tire and the rim portion of the wheel thereby enabling the circumferential outer edge of said cylindrical rim to abut the sidewall of the tire throughout the circumference thereof while detachably holding the shield in an operative position on the wheel.

A shield detachably mounted on an automobile tire and wheel assembly to mask the wheel while spraying a protectant solution on the sidewall of the tire seated thereon, said wheel having a rim portion with an outer flange, said shield comprising:

• a hollow frusto-conical body with a knob on the center of the small diameter closed end thereof and a cylindrical rim on the large diameter open end thereof, said cylindrical rim having an outer edge;
• retainer means located on the top of said cylindrical rim and having a free end portion angularly extending radially inwardly and axially outwardly beyond the outer edge of said cylindrical rim;
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• a reinforcing means having a flat front surface located on the frusto-conical body opposite the free end portion of said retaining means;
• said cylindrical rim on said hollow body being adapted to fit over the outer flange of said wheel;
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• said flat front surface is manually depressed to enable said free end portion to be forced between the rim portion of the wheel and the sidewall of the tire seated thereon to thereby enable the outer edge of said cylindrical rim to abut the sidewall of the tire while serving to detachably hold the shield on the wheel and tire assembly.