Vehicle wheel

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Description

FIG. 1 is a full frontal view of a vehicle wheel showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front elevational view of the upper left quadrant thereof, it being understood that all four quadrants of the wheel are similar except that the wheel includes only five (5) crescent shaped hand holes about its entire outer circumference; and,

FIG. 3 is a sectional view through lines III--III of FIG. 2.

The characteristic feature of this design resides in the crescent-shaped hand holes which taper inwardly from both sides of the wheel, toward the center of the wheel and meet along an edge substantially intermediate the interior and exterior sides of said wheel.

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Patent History
Patent number: D361052
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 23, 1994
Date of Patent: Aug 8, 1995
Assignee: Aluminum Company of America (Pittsburgh, PA)
Inventors: Roger F. Clements (Hudson, OH), Ralph C. Botterman (Strongsville, OH)
Primary Examiner: James M. Gandy
Attorney: Gary P. Topolosky
Application Number: 0/19,091
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Aperture Or Simulated Aperture (39) (D12/209)