Wheel cover with improved retention system
AssigneeRally Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorSaied Hussaini
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Abstract
The degree of tightness, which a wheel is attached to the wheel of an automobile, may be varied by selectively engaging the ends of a retention ring in a specially formed retention tab ring supporter. The retention ring is supported on a plurality of circumferentially spaced ring supports provided on the wheel cover, and the ends of the ring are retained by the retention tab ring supporter. The retention tab is provided with an opening to receive a blunt end of the retaining ring and two adjacent vertical slots for receiving a finger end of the retaining ring. Selection of either of the two vertical slots for receiving the finger end varies the practical diameter of the retention ring when engaged with the ring supporters thereby providing and adjustment in tightness between the wheel cover and the wheel.
Claims7
An automobile wheel cover including a wheel cover body, a plurality of ring supporters fixed to and spaced apart around an outer peripheral edge of said wheel cover body, a retention ring detachably engaged on said ring supporters, said retention ring having free ends, and a retention tab comprising one of said plurality of ring supporters especially formed for retaining the free ends of said retention ring, wherein said retention ring comprises a slender round bar formed into a circle, a first free end of said ring being blunt and a second free end of said ring having a bend to form a finger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.