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US 8,382,210 B1Granted
Wheel cover with window for over-the-road trucks, trailers and the like
OwnerJonathan E. Fleckinventor
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Abstract
A wheel cover assembly which includes a generally flat, circular wheel cover portion, an attachment assembly, and a manually releasable fastener selectively connecting the wheel cover portion to the attachment assembly, the wheel cover being predominately made from flexible laminar materials, the wheel cover portion comprising a mostly transparent window affixed to the manually releasable fastener, the window having an inwardly facing face which includes a flap for retaining a display card on the inside surface of the window.
Claims20
A wheel covering device comprising:
- an attachment system adapted to removably engage a wheel cavity;
- and
- a cover portion removably connected to the attachment system, the cover portion having a transparent window, an outer circumference of the transparent window being connected to an annular portion near an inner edge of the annular portion such that at least a section of the annular portion overlaps at least a section of the transparent window to form a flap extending circumferentially, the flap being adapted to receive a display card for display through the transparent window.
A wheel cover portion comprising:
- an annular portion of a textile material having an inner edge and an outer edge;
- a releaseable connection overlapping the annular portion of textile material;
- a transparent window having an outer circumference connected to the annular portion near the inner edge such that at least a section of the annular portion overlaps at least a section of the transparent window;
- and
- a flap formed from the section of the annular portion, the flap being adapted to receive a display card for display through the transparent window.
2 more elements
An attachment system comprising:
- a first ring connected to a second ring by a flexible connection adapted to engage one or more surfaces in a wheel cavity;
- and
- a releaseable connection disposed near the first ring, the releaseable connection adapted to engage a cover portion having a transparent window adapted to display one or more display cards, the cover portion being adapted to cover the wheel cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.