Patents Represented by Attorney Maurice A. Moffat
  • Patent number: 4093312
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a decorative wheel ring comprising a spring clip for engagement in the rim of a wheel of a motor vehicle the ring having a fastening for a spring clip which is in the form of a three-legged spring loop including tangs which, after the arrangement has been pressed into the dish of the rim, engage the wall of the wheel dish and thus hold the decorative wheel ring freely suspended on the wheel of the vehicle. The tangs are arranged on the center portion of the spring clip, and the ring is provided with a guide slot adapted to receive the outer free leg of the spring clip. The ring is also provided with an extension serving as an axial stop for the inner free leg of the spring clip which embraces said extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1978
    Inventor: Paul Kretschmer