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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
May. 04, 2005
Jeff Bruce, Fowlerville, MI (US);
Eric Jensen, Oxford, MI (US);
Roger Renaud, Brighton, MI (US);
McKechnie Vehicle Components (USA), Inc., 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 includes clusters of retention legs that extend axially from the inboard surface and are arranged in circular patterns to receive the lug nuts therein. Each of the clusters of retention legs includes a gap which extends to the inboard surface. Each of the clusters of retention legs further includes a plurality of primary retention legs arranged in opposed pairs on either side of the gap and a pair of secondary retention legs arranged in opposed positions on either side of the gap. Standoff structures for abutting a front edge of the lug nuts are provided on only the primary retention legs.