Wheel cover
OwnerLeslie Hsiao, Jeffrey R. Spikerinventors
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Abstract
A wheel cover for mounting on a wheel comprising a base member having a disc member rotatably mounted thereto to display an indicia thereon, the base member and disc member each includes stabilizing structure configured to mate with each other to maintain concentric alignment and restrict oscillation of the disc member relative to the base member and a counterweight attached to the disc member such that as the base member rotates with the wheel rim the disc member does not rotate relative to the vehicle so that the indicia on the disc member can be viewed as the vehicle translates over the supporting surface.
Claims16
A wheel cover for mounting on a wheel rim rotationally coupled to a vehicle comprising a base member having a disc member rotatably mounted thereto to display an indicia thereon, said base member comprises a base element including a centrally disposed aperture formed therethrough to form a ring having an outer surface and an inner surface and also including an inner periphery having a circular channel formed therein and a base stabilizing means and said disc member comprises a disc element including an outer surface, a plurality of disc mounting elements at least partially disposed within said circular channel when said base member and said disc member are operatively assembled and a disc stabilizing means configured to mate with each other to maintain concentric alignment and restrict oscillation of said disc member relative to said base member and a counterweight attached to said disc member such that as said base member rotates with the wheel rim said disc member does not rotate relative to the vehicle so that the indicia on said disc member can be viewed as the vehicle translates over a supporting surface, said ring further includes a plurality of notches formed in said outer surface thereof adjacent said inner periphery corresponding to said plurality of disc mounting elements such that each of said plurality of disc mounting elements passed through said corresponding notch as said disc member is mounted on said base member to permit assembly of said wheel cover on said wheel, said base member and said disc member being disposed in substantially coplanar relationship relative to each other.
Wheel cover for mounting on a wheel rim rotationally coupled to a vehicle comprising a base member having a disc member rotatably mounted thereto to display an indicia thereon, said base member includes a base stabilizing means and said disc member includes disc stabilizing means configured to mate with each other to maintain concentric alignment and restrict oscillation of said disc member relative to said base member and a counterweight attached to said disc member such that as said base member rotates with the wheel rim said disc member does not rotate relative to the vehicle so that the indicia on said disc member can be viewed as the vehicle translates over a supporting surface, said base member and said disc member being disposed in substantially coplanar relationship relative to each other, wherein said base member comprises a base element including a centrally disposed aperture formed therethrough to form a ring having an outer surface and an inner surface and also including an inner periphery and an outer periphery, and said disc member comprises disc element including an outer surface and an outer periphery and wherein said inner periphery includes a circular channel formed therein and said disc member further includes a plurality of disc mounting elements at least partially disposed within said circular channel when said base member and said disc member are operatively assembled.
A wheel cover for mounting on a wheel rim rotationally coupled to a vehicle comprising a base member having a disc member rotatably mounted thereto to display an indicia thereon, said base member comprising a base element including a centrally disposed aperture formed therethrough to form a ring having an outer surface and an inner surface and also including an inner periphery and an outer periphery and a base stabilizing means comprising a base flange formed on said inner surface of said ring adjacent said inner periphery thereof and extending inwardly in overlapping relationship relative to said outer periphery of said disc member to limit oscillation of said disc member relative to said base member and said disc member includes a disc stabilizing means comprising a disc flange formed on said outer surface of said disc element adjacent said outer periphery thereof and extends outwardly in overlapping relationship relative to said inner periphery of said base member to limit oscillation of said disc member relative to said base member and a counterweight attached to said disc member such that as said base member rotates with the wheel rim said disc member does not rotate relative to the vehicle so that the indicia on said disc member can be viewed as the vehicle translates over a supporting surface, said base member and said disc member being disposed in substantially coplanar relationship relative to each other and wherein said base element further includes a circular channel formed in the inner periphery thereof and said disc member further includes a plurality of disc mounting elements at least partially disposed within said circular channel when said ring and said disc member are operatively assembled.
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