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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1992
Dominique Dubost, La Celle Saint Cloud, FR;
Attax, Chatou, FR;
Abstract
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 characterized in that each hooking member comprises a first sleeve (8) connected to the wheel cover (1) and in which is axially movable a second sleeve (9) coaxial with the first sleeve (8) and provided with an abutment surface (11) and elastically deformable branches (12, 13), at the end of each of which is provided a hooking portion (12a, 13a) extending inwardly of the first sleeve, the second sleeve being movable in the first sleeve, by a bearing of the head of the respective fixing element (5) on the abutment surface (11), between a mounting position of the wheel cover relative to the wheel, in which the branches (12, 13) of the first sleeve extend around the head of the fixing element, inside the first sleeve and the hooking portions (12a, 13a) of the branches cooperate with an abutment surface (5a) on the fixing element (5) for hooking the wheel cover to the wheel, and retractable members (14, 15, 14a, 15a, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d) are provided for locking the second sleeve (9) relative to the first sleeve (8) in the mounting and dismounting or hooking positions.