Adjustable wheel liner for trucks
OwnerJohn G. Polkainventor
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Abstract
A wheel liner for covering portions of a truck wheel has a liner member having a tubular configuration which conforms generally to the inner portion of the tubular section of a truck wheel and has an adjustable bracket for retaining that liner to the threaded studs at the distal end of the oil hub.
Claims5
A wheel liner for covering portions of a truck wheel of the type having a generally planar hub section and a generally tubular section extending outwardly of said hub section defining an outer rim, and over which a tire is adapted to be mounted, said hub section of said truck wheel being adapted to be mounted over a first plurality of wheel mounting lugs on the axle of a truck, said axle having a centrally located oil hub extending axially outwardly of said wheel mounting lugs and having a second plurality of threaded studs positioned radially inward of said first plurality of mounting lugs, said wheel liner comprising in combination:
- a liner member having an outer lip for fitting against said outer rim of a wheel, and a central opening for fitting over an oil hub,
- a first bracket member,
- first attachment means for attaching said first bracket member to said liner member,
- a second bracket member,
- second attachment means for attaching said second bracket member to at least one of said second plurality of threaded studs of an axle of a truck,
- third attachment means for attaching said first bracket member to said second bracket member,
- said third attachment means being longitudinally adjustable for axial adjustment of said liner member relative to said second attachment means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.