Title: Mounting structure for a hub cap or a wheel cap

Abstract: A structure for mounting a hub cap or a wheel cap to a wheel, wherein an annular element having a strap-like body, a number of elastic tongues and a number of first and second detent portions is interposed between the cap and the wheel in such a manner that the annular element is firmly fixed to the cap by the first and second detent portions while the annular element removably engages with the wheel by the elastic tongues.

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Inventors: Muramatsu, Tadao (Toyota, JP)
Fujiwara, Katsuhiro (Toyota, JP)

Application Number: 895386
Filing Date: 1978-04-11
Publication_date: 1980-09-23
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota, JP)
Primary Class(es): 301/37.36 301/108.1
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US Patent Ref:

2199888	May, 1940	Lyon	301/37.
2804348	Aug, 1957	Lyon	301/37.
2809076	Oct, 1957	Plotkin	301/37.
3043632	Jul, 1962	Wagner	301/37.
3416840	Dec, 1968	Gibbings	301/37.
4063783	Dec, 1977	Spisak	301/37.

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Primary Examiner: Marmor, Charles A.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher