Class 301/37.373 - Cover snap-fits over lug nuts

Subclass of Class 301 - Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Definition: Subject matter wherein the facing member includes a means
No. of patents: 27
Last issue date: 08/16/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
7997663	Overmask element for vehicle wheels A wheel cover suitable for being mounted on vehicle wheels having an outer surface adapted for facing away from a wheel of a vehicle and an inner surface adapted for facing towards the wheel when mounting the wheel cover. Central fasteners and peripheral fasteners e...	08/16/2011
7722128	Retention system for plastic wheel trim A lug nut engaging retention for plastic wheel trim includes a plurality of tubular sockets which project axially from the inner face of the wheel trim. Each socket comprises three concentric arcuate lug nut engaging panels. Two of the panels include lips that snap ...	05/25/2010
7387346	Wheel cover for the wheels of a vehicle A wheel cover having collars (1) with elastic tabs (3) for mounting and fixing the collars on the heads of nuts or bolts (2) used to fix the wheel to a vehicle. The tabs (3) have protrusions (4) with a double ramp (5 and ...	06/17/2008
7374249	Non-axisymmetrical wheel cover retention apparatuses and assemblies The device, a wheel cover assembly, covers at least a portion of a wheel. The wheel cover assembly is secured to the wheel by a lug nut having a flange. The wheel cover assembly has a wheel cover which has an inner surface and an outer surface. The wheel cover assem...	05/20/2008
7300117	Wheel ornamentation assembly A wheel ornamentation assembly is provided for attachment to a wheel secured to a wheel hub with a plurality of lug nuts. The wheel ornamentation assembly includes a wheel ornamentation body having an outboard surface and an inboard surface. The wheel ornamentation ...	11/27/2007
7131705	Wheel hub cover A cover for a wheel or hub may be rotationally attached and removed from the hub by hand due to a mounting clip on the cover defining a space for a single lug nut and a tangentially oriented entryway. ...	11/07/2006
7108334	Snap-on wheel cover A snap on wheel cover that includes a plurality of finger elements that cooperate with a locking ridge on lug nuts that are used to secure a wheel onto a vehicle hub. The plurality of finger elements include first finger elements that engage a first surface of the l...	09/19/2006
7059684	Attachment for retaining a cover to the wheel of a truck A cover is retained over the central portions of the wheel of a vehicle retained by a plurality of lug nuts by a retainer that attaches to two adjacent lug nuts. The retainer has first and second opposing retainer members with each retainer member having a pair of a...	06/13/2006
7004549	Wheel cover retention apparatus An ornamental wheel cover integrally retained on the lug nuts of a vehicle wheel that provides positive positioning of the cover to the lug nuts. The cover is provided with a number of elongated tubular extensions axially projecting therefrom that are each partially...	02/28/2006
6953226	Wheel ornamentation assembly A wheel ornamentation assembly is provided for attachment to a wheel secured to a wheel hub with a plurality of lug nuts. The wheel ornamentation assembly includes a wheel ornamentation body having an outboard surface and an inboard surface. The wheel ornamentation ...	10/11/2005
6682151	Wheel cover retention apparatus An ornamental wheel cover integrally retained on the lug nuts of a vehicle wheel that provides positive positioning of the cover to the lug nuts. The cover is provided with a number of elongated tubular extensions axially projecting therefrom that are eac...	01/27/2004
6585330	Wheel cover having concealed snap-fit retention structure A wheel cover snap fastens to stylized lug nuts of a wheel using resilient retainers that are integrally fastened to the wheel cover. The stylized lug nuts correspond and axially extend through apertures in the wheel cover when the wheel cover is assemble...	07/01/2003
6457781	Retaining article for wheel ornamentation A retaining article secures ornamentation, namely wheel caps and wheel covers, to a wheel. The retaining article is a unitary structure. It is received by the ornamentation which has an inboard surface with a number of protrusions extending out therefrom....	10/01/2002
6402254	Retaining article for wheel ornamentation including integral support A retaining assembly secures ornamentation having an inboard surface and a plurality of protrusions to a wheel. The retaining assembly includes a ring. The ring includes a plurality of openings extending therethrough. The openings receive protrusions that...	06/11/2002
6238007	Retaining article for wheel ornamentation and method of making A retaining article secures ornamentation, namely wheel caps and wheel covers, to a wheel. The retaining article is a unitary structure. It is received by the ornamentation which has an inboard surface with a number of protrusions extending out therefrom....	05/29/2001
6039406	Hubcap fastener structure The disclosed invention relates to a kind of hubcap fastener structure that mainly consists of a number of fittings. Each fitting has an attachment surface and there is a mounting hole in the attachment surface, with numerous retainer claws along the inne...	03/21/2000
6022081	Ornamental wheel cover retention system An ornamental wheel cover integrally retained on the lug nuts of a vehicle wheel that provides positive positioning of the cover to the lug nuts. The lug nuts preferably have a flange that defines an upper shoulder. The cover is provided with a number of ...	02/08/2000
5595422	Wheel cover assembly having anti-theft retainer system A wheel cover assembly for covering the wheel of an automotive vehicle has a main body portion formed with a plurality of circumferentially spaced wells having integral cap portions to receive and conceal the lug nuts of the wheel. Locking arms project ax...	01/21/1997
5297854	Wheel cover retention system A wheel cover for a vehicle with a wheel secured to the vehicle by lug nuts, the wheel cover including a molded wheel cover base adapted to aesthetically cover the vehicle wheel, and a plurality of retainers attached to the wheel cover base. The wheel cov...	03/29/1994
5249845	Wheel cover, in particular for an automobile vehicle The embellishing member wheel cover, provided with hooking or attachment members (4) for hooking or attachment onto the head or lug nut (5) of a bolt (5b) that functions as a fixing or fastening element that fixes the wheel on a hub of the vehicle, is cha...	10/05/1993
5163739	Wheel cover retention A wheel cover retention system has a wheel cover with a cover face for covering a central portion of a wheel and a plurality of integral tubular extensions for attaching the wheel cover to the lug nuts of the wheel. Each extension has an outer end which o...	11/17/1992
4707035	Synthetic resin vehicle wheel cover A synthetic resin vehicle wheel cover includes first and second mounting elements integrally formed with the cover. The first mounting elements include at least two cylindrical projections which project from the inner surface of the cover with the project...	11/17/1987
4458952	Trim member for a vehicle wheel A vehicle wheel trim member has a round spring steel ring mounted on the inboard face thereof adapted to engage in grooves in the wheel mounting lug nuts or the studs on which they are threaded to releasably retain the trim member on the wheel. The ring i...	07/10/1984
4382635	Plastic vehicle wheel cover A plastic vehicle wheel cover includes a cover body provided with integral elongated slightly tapered tubular extensions, each being slotted, to provide a plurality of cantilevered fingers which are provided with abutments which snap into a circumferentia...	05/10/1983
4217003	Wheel trim attachment A trim attachment for a motor vehicle wheel includes a plurality of generally conical retention members which engage and secure the trim attachment directly to complementary conical surfaces on conventional threaded lug nuts utilized to retain the wheel i...	08/12/1980
4133583	Wheel and trim assembly A vehicle wheel and trim assembly has a decorative trim member positioned in preselected symmetrical relation to the vehicle wheel by a retainer member on the trim member which engages retaining grooves formed in the nuts used to retain the vehicle wheel ...	01/09/1979
4123111	Snap-in connection, especially cover for wheels of passenger motor vehicles A snap-in connection, especially a hub cap for wheels of passenger motor vehicles which is adapted to be fastened by the use of a force fit, which covers at least the wheel center, which is elastically deformable and which includes an edge that engages in...	10/31/1978

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