Simulated wire wheel cover

Claim 1

A wheel cover simulating a wire wheel particularly adapted to be mounted on and readily removed from wheels for vehicles including trucks, trailers and the like comprising: A. means for encasing one end of a wheel-supported axle including a casing of a cylindrical configuration having an annular flange defined at one end thereof characterized by an array of apertures defined therein for receiving bolts employed in connecting a wheel to the axle; B. a cover disk concentrically related to said casing comprising means defining a first and a second annulus arranged in coaxial alignment, said first annulus being characterized by a diameter slightly less than the diameter of said casing and said second annulus being characterized by a diameter slightly greater than the diameter of the casing, a third annulus having a diameter greater than the diameter of said second annulus circumscribing said casing and disposed in a plane projected between the first and second annuli and a plurality of wire spokes projected from said third annulus into engaged relation with the first and second annuli and affixed thereto; and C. fastening means for fastening the cover disk to the casing comprising a first annular array of bores defined in the end of the casing opposite said one end, a second annular array of bores defined in the first annulus disposed in registry with the first array of bores and a plurality of screws extended through the bores of said first and second array of bores, and fastener means for securing the screws in the bores.