Securing element of a wheel cover
US6789854B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 29, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60B7/12
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Securing elements are provided for securing a wheel cover to a wheel, and are pivotally connected to connecting projections equidistantly spaced near an edge of an inward side of a wheel cover. Each securing element has a connecting plate, which projects downwards from a lower end thereof, and which has an engaging block projecting from an inward side, and an engaging space formed right above the engaging block. The securing elements are joined to respective connecting projections so that the former can be pivoted on the latter between an upright in-use position where the engaging blocks are fitted into the engaging holes and a not-in-use laid down position where the engaging blocks are disengaged from the engaging holes and where the engaging spaces receive the bar-shaped portions therein. Thus, wheels covers equipped with the securing elements can occupy less space when stacked up in a pile.
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