Wheel cover with window for over-the-road trucks, trailers and the like
View Patent ↗A wheel cover assembly which includes a generally flat, circular wheel cover portion, an attachment assembly, and a manually releasable fastener selectively connecting the wheel cover portion to the attachment assembly, the wheel cover being predominately made from flexible laminar materials, the wheel cover portion comprising a mostly transparent window affixed to the manually releasable fastener, the window having an inwardly facing face which includes a flap for retaining a display card on the inside surface of the window.
1. A wheel covering device comprising:
an attachment system adapted to removably engage a wheel cavity; and
a cover portion removably connected to the attachment system, the cover portion having a transparent window, an outer circumference of the transparent window being connected to an annular portion near an inner edge of the annular portion such that at least a section of the annular portion overlaps at least a section of the transparent window to form a flap extending circumferentially, the flap being adapted to receive a display card for display through the transparent window.
2. The wheel covering device of claim 1 , wherein the transparent window has an outer circumference facing radially outwardly.
3. The wheel covering device of claim 1 , wherein the cover portion includes a second flap facing radially outwardly, the second flap overlapping a releaseable connection.
4. The wheel covering device of claim 1 , wherein the transparent window is substantially circular.
5. The wheel covering device of claim 1 , wherein the flap is substantially continuous.
6. The wheel covering device of claim 1 , wherein the transparent window is positioned at a center of the cover portion.
7. The wheel covering device of claim 1 , wherein the display card is substantially circular.
8. A wheel cover portion comprising:
an annular portion of a textile material having an inner edge and an outer edge;
a releaseable connection overlapping the annular portion of textile material;
a transparent window having an outer circumference connected to the annular portion near the inner edge such that at least a section of the annular portion overlaps at least a section of the transparent window; and
a flap formed from the section of the annular portion, the flap being adapted to receive a display card for display through the transparent window.
9. The wheel cover portion of claim 8 , wherein the flap is substantially continuous.
10. The wheel cover portion of claim 8 , wherein the flap extends circumferentially.
11. The wheel cover portion of claim 8 , wherein the display card is substantially circular.
12. The wheel cover portion of claim 8 further comprising:
a second flap formed from a second section of the annular portion extending to the outer edge, the second flap overlapping the releaseable connection.
13. The wheel cover portion of claim 8 , wherein the outer circumference faces radially outwardly.
14. The wheel cover portion of claim 8 , wherein the transparent window is made of a flexible laminar material and the annular portion is made of a reinforced textile material.
15. An attachment system comprising:
a first ring connected to a second ring by a flexible connection adapted to engage one or more surfaces in a wheel cavity; and
a releaseable connection disposed near the first ring, the releaseable connection adapted to engage a cover portion having a transparent window adapted to display one or more display cards, the cover portion being adapted to cover the wheel cavity.
16. The attachment system of claim 15 , wherein the releaseable connection is a zipper connection.
17. The attachment system of claim 15 , wherein at least one of the one or more display cards is substantially circular.
18. The attachment system of claim 15 , wherein the cover portion is substantially disk shaped.
19. The attachment system of claim 15 , wherein the flexible connection is a strip of textile material.
20. The attachment system of claim 15 , wherein the transparent window is circular.