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1. Aircraft hubcap structure for attachment to a wheel half of an airplane wheel and tire assembly, said wheel half including a wheel wall of circular configuration and a cylindrical rim affixed to said wheel wall, surrounding said wheel wall and projecting outwardly from said wheel wall, said wheel wall defining a plurality of preexisting bolt holes spaced from one another and adjacent to said cylindrical rim for receiving bolts employed to interconnect said wheel half to other structure of said wheel and tire assembly, said aircraft hubcap structure including, in combination:
a dome-shaped hubcap having a circular-shaped periphery and a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of said wheel half, said dome-shaped hubcap defining a plurality of spaced hubcap holes; and a plurality of attachment brackets, each attachment bracket including first and second bracket end portions and a bracket intermediate portion between said bracket end portions and integral therewith, the first bracket end portion of each of said attachment brackets defining an opening for receiving a bolt extending through a bolt hole of the wheel half for securement thereto by a nut, and the second bracket end portion of each of said attachment brackets defining an opening for receiving a mechanical connector extending through a hubcap hole for securing said hubcap to said second bracket end portion, said dome-shaped hubcap completely covering said wheel half when said wheel half and said dome-shaped hubcap are connected together by said attachment brackets, said bracket intermediate portion canted sideways relative to both said first bracket end portion and said second bracket end portion, and said first bracket end portion and said second bracket end portion being offset relative to one another. |
