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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2003
Jeff Bruce, Fowlerville, MI (US);
Eric Jensen, Oxford, MI (US);
Roger Renaud, Milford, MI (US);
McKechnie Vehicle Components (USA), Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
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 assembly also includes a first annular wall extending axially from the inboard surface. The wheel ornamentation assembly includes a plurality of first retention legs extending axially from the first annular wall. The wheel ornamentation assembly also includes a second annular wall extending axially from the inboard surface. The second annular wall is spaced radially from the first annular wall. The wheel ornamentation assembly further includes a plurality of second retention legs extending axially from the second annular wall. The first annular wall and the second annular wall of the wheel ornamentation assembly cooperate to define a plurality of lug cavities adapted to receive a lug nut. The first retention legs of the first annular wall and the second retention legs of the second annular wall are spaced circumferentially about the lug nut cavities.