Wheel cover mounting bracket
OwnerJohn G. Polkainventor
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Abstract
To attach a wheel cover to a vehicle wheel, mounting brackets are provided which are attached to the lug nuts which retain the wheel to the vehicle hub. Each bracket includes a threaded bore for receiving a screw extended through the wheel cover to retain the cover to the bracket.
Claims16
A mounting bracket for attaching a wheel cover to a lug nut used to retain the web of a wheel to a hub, where said lug nut has corners and a given greatest width, said bracket comprising in combination;
- a base plate adapted to be fitted against the web of a wheel, said base plate including a lip,
- clamping means on said base plate for clamping to an outer perimeter of a lug nut and for retaining said lip of said base plate under a corner of a lug nut, said clamping means providing retention of said lip of said base plate under a corner of a lug nut independent of support from any other lug nut,
- a portion of said clamping means permanently attached to said base plate, and
- attachment means attached to said mounting bracket for detachably retaining a wheel cover to said mounting bracket.
A mounting bracket for attaching a wheel cover to a lug nut used to retain the web of a wheel to a hub, where said lug nut has a chamfer and plurality of corners said bracket comprising in combination;
- a base plate adapted to be fitted against the web of a wheel, said base plate having a lip,
- clamping means on said base plate for clamping to an outer perimeter of a lug nut, and for retaining a portion of said base plate under a chamfer of a lug nut, said clamping means providing retention of said lip of said base plate under a chamfer independent of support from any other lug nut,
- a portion of said clamping means permanently attached to said base plate,
- and
- attachment means attached to said mounting bracket for detachably retaining a wheel cover to said mounting bracket.
A mounting bracket for attaching a wheel cover to a lug nut used to retain the web of a wheel to a hub, where said lug nut has corners and a given greatest width, said bracket comprising in combination;
- a base plate adapted to be fitted against the web of a wheel,
- said base plate having a U-shaped portion along one side thereof,
- a yoke permanently attached to said base plate, said yoke sized for fitting against a portion of a lug nut,
- retention means for retaining said yoke against said portion of a lug nut,
- said yoke positioned on said plate to retain said U-shaped portion under a corner of said lug nut against which said yoke is retained by retention means,
- said retention means providing retention of said U-shaped portion of said base plate under a corner of said lug nut independent of support from any other lug nut, and
- attachment means attached on said bracket for detachably retaining a wheel cover to said mounting bracket.
A mounting bracket for attaching a wheel cover to a lug nut used to retain the web of a wheel to a hub, where said lug nut has a chamfer, said bracket comprising in combination;
- a base plate adapted to be fitted against the web of a wheel,
- said base plate having a U-shaped portion along one side thereof,
- a yoke permanently attached to said base plate, said yoke sized for fitting against a portion of a lug nut,
- retention means for retaining said yoke against said portion of a lug nut,
- said yoke positioned on said base plate to retain said U-shaped portion under a chamfer of said lug nut against which said yoke is retained by said retention means,
- said retention means providing retention of said U-shaped portion under said chamfer independent of support from any other lug nut, and
- attachment means attached to said mounting bracket for detachably retaining a wheel cover to said mounting bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.