Patents Assigned to Wheel Masters, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5380070
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel lug nut cover comprises a dome shaped tube having an open end that is larger than the lug nut and a closed end with an internal jam nut that is threaded to the end of the lug bolt extending from the lug nut. Lug nut covers may be used to secure a wheel cover to the wheel of the vehicle without removing a lug nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Wheel Masters, Inc.
    Inventor: David J. FitzGerald
  • Patent number: 4974909
    Abstract: Apparatus for attaching an ornamental wheel cover to a vehicle having an extending cylindrical wheel hub. A ring having several attached legs or claws is secured to the hub by overlying the legs on the hub and clamping them in place. In one embodiment the wheel cover is removably attached to the ring with an open circular spring having a plurality of outwardly extending points that engage aligned slits in the ring and a central cup in the wheel cover. In a second embodiment, outwardly bent tabs with threaded holes on the ring are aligned with screw holes in the face of the wheel cover so that ring and wheel cover are interconnected by screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: Wheel Masters, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Patti, David J. FitzGerald
  • Patent number: 4725100
    Abstract: An ornamental wheel cover assembly for front and rear wheels of recreation vehicles, trucks, busses or the like includes a hub cover which covers the vehicle hub and has a flange with holes that freely fit over the vehicle lug nuts and a second radial lip having a diameter somewhat larger than the diameter of the central hole in a wheel cover disc. The hub cover is first applied and held in position by the wheel cover disc which is attached to the vehicle wheel by small screws passing through the wheel cover disc to U-shaped clips that attach to the edges of the hand hold openings in the vehicle wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Assignee: Wheel Masters, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony J. Patti