Method of covering a wheel for decoration, streamlining, or advertising display, and a flexible wheel cover therefor

摘要

A method and apparatus (10) is disclosed for covering a cavity (11) of a wheel of a long-haul tractor-trailer, truck or the like for decoration, streamlining, and/or advertising display. Such wheels have a face, a rim, the interior of the rim defining the cavity, a boss (30) on the rim having a relatively smaller diameter and spaced from the face. The disclosed method includes providing a device (10) comprising a generally flat cover portion sized to cover the outwardly facing opening of the wheel cavity, an opening through the device, and a releasable fastener (15) for selectively closing the opening through the device, and an attachment system (12) that is sized to extend axially across the boss of the wheel to the covered, accessing the attachment system through the opening, positioning the attachment system over the boss of the wheel by way of the opening, and closing the opening, such that the cover portion closes substantially all the outwardly facing opening of the wheel.

主权项

1. A method for covering a wheel cavity of a wheel of a vehicle, the wheel having a face, a rim having a rim interior defining the wheel cavity, and a drop center on the rim having a drop center diameter less than a diameter of the wheel; the method comprising:
providing a cover device, the cover device comprising:
a generally flat cover portion to cover an opening of the wheel cavity, the opening facing outward from the vehicle along an axis of the wheel;an attachment system to engage the rim interior, where the attachment system extends axially across the drop center portion; anda releasable fastener for securing the cover portion to the attachment system; positioning the attachment system within the wheel cavity; and attaching the cover portion to the attachment system with the releasable fastener, such that the cover portion covers substantially all of the outward facing opening of the wheel.