Wheel lock

An apparatus for limiting the removability of a lug nut from a wheel stud projecting from a wheel, the wheel having a surface contour adjacent the wheel stud, said apparatus comprising;

• a first portion having a base plate with a hole sized to receive the wheel stud therethrough, said base plate having a surface for mating with the wheel, said surface having a complementary contour to the surface contour of the wheel to prevent the first portion from rotating about the stud;
• a second portion having a cover plate, and configured for nested engagement with said first portion with said cover plate opposing said base plate;
• and
• a locking portion parallel to an axis of said hole and mounted on a lateral outside peripheral portion of said first portion and having a locking member operable to simultaneously engage said first and second portions to prevent said first and second portions from being de-nested.

An apparatus for limiting the removability of a lug nut from a wheel stud comprising:

• a first portion having a base plate with a hole sized to receive the wheel stud therethrough, said base plate including a first peripheral wall having an upper rim;
• a second portion having a cover plate with a second peripheral wall projecting therefrom, said second peripheral wall being sized and configured to form a close running nested fit with said first peripheral wall;
• and
• a locking portion having a locking member operable to simultaneously engage said first and second portions to prevent disengagement of the nested fit between said first and second portions;
• wherein
• the cover plate includes a flange extending outside the peripheral wall of said second portion and supported on said upper rim of said first portion when said first and second portions are in the nested fit,
• wherein said locking portion defines an exterior periphery;
• and
• said cover plate includes an extension defining a notch configured for interlocking engagement with at least a portion of said exterior periphery of said locking portion to prevent relative rotation between said second portion and said locking portion.