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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354113 | Powered spinning hubcap A hubcap spinning device is disclosed which utilizes the rotation of a vehicle wheel to turn a hubcap. The hubcap can turn at a different speed and a different direction than the rotation of the wheel. The hubcap uses a central sun gear that nrovides toruue to plane... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7210746 | Car wheel cover A wheel mountable car wheel cover provides a design element that is visible while the wheel is rotated. A circular rotation case has a liquid filled floating chamber. A bearing for mounting the rotation case to a wheel is provided on the rotation case. A disk-type d... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7032979 | Internal Spinning System An internal spinning system includes an annular attachment section having a front portion and a flange extending outwardly from the front portion in a substantially perpendicular manner. At least one bearing is coupled to the flange and extend outwardly therefrom in... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7014273 | Spoked wheel spinner with non-rotating cap A spoked wheel spinner (20) that is used on an automotive wheel (22) that includes an adapter plate (24) that is mounted onto the automotive wheel (22) with a spinner bearing (26) retained within the adapter plate. A spinner shaft ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6926369 | Wheel assembly The present invention provides a wheel assembly for a motor vehicle. The wheel assembly includes a rim for a tire and a hub including a central portion and a connecting portion that radiates from the central portion to the rim. A plurality of lug holes are formed in... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6637830 | Spinable wheel cover A wheel cover for a vehicle wheel with a sprag clutch providing the connection to the cover so that the cover can overrun the wheel. A second clutch of the centrifugal type connects the sprag clutch to the vehicle wheel so that at elevated speeds the cove... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6637831 | Wheel cover for automobiles A wheel cover having an emblem plate for automobiles wherein the emblem plate is designed such that it is maintained at an upright position regardless of a rotation of the remaining part of the wheel cover along with the wheels of an automobile. The wheel... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6471302 | Hub cap with picture A hub cap (3) with a picture for a rim (2) of a wheel of a vehicle comprises a housing connected to the rim (2) and a disc connected rotatably to the housing (4). The picture is arranged on the side of the disc (5) remote from the housing. The rotatable c... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6443530 | Wheels for buggy, stroller, carriage, tricycle, dolly buggy, and the like A vehicle wheel ideal for buggy, stroller, carriage, tricycle, dolly buggy, and the like, having a wheel rim mounted on a wheel axle and holding an outer tire, movable parts mounted on an inner table suspended in the wheel rim, and a cartoon-Figured wheel... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6309027 | Wheel covers Removable decorative wheel covers for covering central wheel portions on wheels on various types of moving vehicles from automobiles to buses to trucks. The covers have perforated patterns of circles, rectangles, and the like, that can be punched out as n... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6059376 | Universal mount for tire rims A universal mount for tire rims includes a plurality of clips mounted peripherally of a wheel cover. A first type of clip consists of a clip member mounted in a clip housing guided in linear movements on a shaft and having a distal end with an arcuate ter... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6059375 | Universal mount for tire rims A universal mount for tire rims includes a plurality of clips mounted on the inside periphery of a wheel cover. An alternate first type of clip is a clip member mounted in a clip housing and spring loaded with an arcuate proximal termination portion desig... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6030050 | Wheel cover comprised of a three-layer laminated sheet of plastic resin material A wheel cover which can be mounted on wheels having the same standardized diameter irrespective of types of the wheels. The wheel cover has a plurality of clips, for sandwiching a rim flange of the wheel, fixed at positions proximate to a peripheral edge ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5988762 | Resin wheel covers A wheel cover having resin main body obtained by injecting a molten resin into a closed mold consisting of at least two dies, curing the resin, and then separating the dies. Openings are formed through the wheel cover, and inclined decorative faces are fo... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5957542 | Theft-proof non-rotating wheel cover with replaceable ornament A wheel cover provides a base for supporting the device within a central cavity in an automotive wheel. A cover plate is mounted in a bearing within the base and is weighted for non-rotational support on the wheel. A weight is supported within the cover p... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5931543 | Wheel covers Disc wheel covers for forming optical illusions such as but not limited to clockwise and counter-clockwise rotating spiral patterns. The wheel covers have fasteners which interlock to mating fasteners on the outer ring of existing wheel hubs of a vehicle ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5823635 | Method and apparatus for attaching a cover to the wheel of a vehicle where the wheel has hand holes Brackets are fitted on the inner surface of a wheel cover to attach the wheel cover to a wheel having a plurality of hand holes. Each of the brackets has at least one finger adapted to fit through a hand hole on a wheel and extend behind the web of the wh... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5676430 | Device for attaching a wheel liner to a wheel having a hub cover The present invention discloses a device for attaching a wheel liner to a wheel having a hub. In both preferred embodiments, a spring clip is attached to a hub. The spring clip then has a biased finger which can engage a hub cover fictionally and hold it ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5659989 | Wheel cover 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... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5630653 | Wheel cover mounting bracket To attach a wheel cover to a vehicle wheel, mounting brackets are provided which are attached to the lug nuts which retain the wheel to the vehicle hub. Each bracket includes a threaded bore for receiving a screw extended through the wheel cover to retain... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5531508 | Heavy construction equipment tire guard A rigid but slightly flexive circular guard plate is provided and mounted from the outer rim portion of a vehicle wheel having a pneumatic tire mounted thereon, the guard plate at least closely opposing the outer side wall of the associated tire and being... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5529386 | Hub strap A hub strap is provided to secure a wheel cover, having narrow openings to a wheel rim having slots for a tire mounted thereto. The hub strap consists of a belt to extend through two slots in the wheel rim and two narrow openings in the wheel cover. An as... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5290094 | Automotive wheel enhancers A wheel enhancing apparatus comprising a center cap and a wheel mounting assembly for mounting the center cap on the center cone of a wheel such that the center cap will rotate independently of the wheel.... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5253928 | Attachment of kinetic wheel balancers A method of mounting a kinetic wheel balancer on a vehicle wheel involves a wheel cover having a interior annular recess near the periphery. The wheel balancer is merely placed in the recess and the wheel cover is installed. The balancer is locked firmly ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5234260 | Hubcap assembly A plastic hubcap assembly comprises an annular anchor adapted to be fixedly mounted on the outer surface of an automobile wheel. A retaining ring is rotatably mounted on the anchor and secured by a releasable latch mechanism which prevents loosening of th... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5209550 | Piston-actuated wheel cover A wheel cover including a number of fins, a ring engaged in the free ends of the fins, and an expanding device including two tubes communicated with each other and having a piston slidably received in the bore, one end of the ring is engaged with the pist... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5167440 | Wheel cover mounting for heavy vehicles Apparatus for firmly and quickly mounting an ornamental wheel cover on a bus or truck wheel having handholds and exposed lug nuts by applying a mounting ring that overlies the wheel and has a portion that fits through at least two handholds and can be rot... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5135289 | Wheel cover assembly Road equipment wheels often have accessories mounted on or in the cavity formed by the tire mounting rim and the hub engaging face. Mounting systems for these accessories tend to be complicated and difficult to mount to and remove completely from the whee... | 08/04/1992 |
| 4895414 | Wheel cover attachment assembly A wheel cover attachment assembly for vehicles has an engagement clip member and a detent member which fit together. Arms project from the clip. The arms having a pointed end to facilitate entry into the groove of a tire rim. The arms have claws to diggin... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4889394 | Mounting arrangement for positively fixing a wheel cover disk to the wheel rim of an industrial vehicle A mounting arrangement applied to a vehicle wheel cover disk in order to allow positively fixing the same to a wheel rim which ends outside with a concave channel edge. The arrangement includes at least three connection devices spaced along the disk perip... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4836615 | Demountable disc covers for spoked wheels and the like A demountable disc cover for spoke wheels and the like. The cover is fabricated of a woven fabric impervious to the passage of air which fits over a removable hoop held inside of and adjacent to the wheel rim. The cover is fabricated with a peripheral cas... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4793658 | Vehicle wheel cover A vehicle wheel cover includes a cover body having apertured flange portions arranged in diametrically opposite pairs. A leaf spring extends between each pair of apertured flange portions and includes shoulder means projecting radially outwardly of the fl... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4762374 | Wheel cover assembly A vehicle wheel cover assembly includes a lightweight molded plastic cover member having a series of axial inwardly extending flanges which are apertured. The wire ring assembly includes cantilevered loops having bight portions which extend outwardly thro... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4639045 | Truck wheel lug nut protector apparatus Protection apparatus for lug nuts on a truck wheel, the nuts spaced about a central wheel axis and attached to bolts, includes: (a) at least two clips retained to the wheel, each clip including a base retained to the wheel by two lug nuts, and a flange extendi... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4572584 | Plastic wheel cover retention arrangement A cast vehicle wheel includes a series of circumferentially spaced radially extending reinforcement ribs. A number of adjacent pairs of ribs are provided with ramps which slope axially and radially opposite to each other, with one such ramp including a re... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4470638 | Hubcap attachment A hubcap attachment for attaching a hubcap to the axle hub of a vehicle. The attachment comprises a generally circular, rigid base plate, flexible hubcap retaining means carried by the base plate at its periphery for releasably but firmly mounting the hub... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4344654 | Wheel trim retention There is disclosed herein a wheel trim retention system comprising interengaging portions secured to opposing generally radially extending flange portions of the wheel trim and vehicle wheel which cooperate with each other to form a secure retention arran... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4178041 | Wheel attached balancing device A wheel balancing device for permanent wheel attachment. A rim of the device acts on the wheel periphery to confine same against vibrational movement. A hub and conical disc when acted on by centrifugal force during wheel rotation move axially toward the ... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4131322 | Wheel trim retention There is disclosed herein a wheel trim retention for securely and removably attaching a wheel trim member to a vehicle wheel comprising a retention band having a plurality of clip members secured to the wheel facing side thereof each of which has a pair o... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4054323 | Hub cap locking device A plurality of L-shaped brackets spaced about the inner circumference of a hubcap have a slot for receiving one of a plurality of L-shaped lugs projecting outwardly from the exterior surface of a wheel to prevent the hubcap from being pryed from the wheel... | 10/18/1977 |
