Wheel cover assembly
OwnerLong-Chuan Hsu, Lung-Hung Hsu +1inventors
InventorsLong-Chuan Hsu, Lung-Hung Hsu, Gary E. Adamson
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Abstract
A wheel cover for a vehicle wheel including a main cover and an axle cover. The main cover is attached to the wheel using the lug bolts. A plurality of inter-screws are threadedly fastened a portion of the lug bolts which extends beyond the lug nuts. The cover includes a plurality of holes which align with the inter-screws, and a plurality of integration bolts are inserted through the holes and into threaded openings in the inter-screws to fasten the cover to the wheel. The structure of the cover is such that several covers may be nested and stacked to conserve storage space.
Claims2
A wheel cover assembly for mounting on a wheel of a vehicle, the wheel being secured to an axle of the vehicle by a plurality of wheel nuts respectively engaged to a plurality of wheel bolts, said wheel cover assembly comprising:
- a plurality of inter-screws, each of said inter-screws having a first end respectively threadedly engaged to a portion of corresponding one of the wheel bolts extending beyond the wheel nut engaged thereto;
- a wheel cover overlaying the wheel, said wheel cover having a plurality of through holes formed therein in respective aligned relationship with said plurality of inter-screws;
- and,
- a plurality of integration bolts respectively passing through said through holes of said wheel cover and being threadedly engaged with a second end of a respective inter-screw for securing said wheel cover to the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.