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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1979
Hans R Beisch, Amherstburg, CA;
Norris Industries, Inc., Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Abstract
A wheel cover for covering at least a portion of the outer face of a wheel, including an inner face of the wheel cover including a plurality of recesses and with the inner face of the wheel cover disposed adjacent an outer face of the wheel when the wheel cover is fastened in position, each recess including a plurality of oppositely disposed spaced wall portions, a spring clip having a pair of leg portions positioned within each recess and with each leg portion disposed against a wall portion, each spring clip normally having a spacing between the leg portions greater than the spacing between the wall portions of each recess and with each spring clip when positioned within each recess preloaded by the restraint of the wall portions, and each spring clip additionally including an extension of one of the leg portions extending without the recess for providing engagement with a portion of the wheel and providing additional loading of the spring clip for fastening the wheel cover to the wheel.