WO1996014216A1 - A wheel trim for a road wheel of a vehicle and a locking means therefor - Google Patents

A wheel trim for a road wheel of a vehicle and a locking means therefor Download PDF

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WO1996014216A1
WO1996014216A1 PCT/GB1995/002530 GB9502530W WO9614216A1 WO 1996014216 A1 WO1996014216 A1 WO 1996014216A1 GB 9502530 W GB9502530 W GB 9502530W WO 9614216 A1 WO9614216 A1 WO 9614216A1
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George William Masters Parsons
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Rover Group Limited
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60B—VEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
    • B60B7/00—Wheel cover discs, rings, or the like, for ornamenting, protecting, venting, or obscuring, wholly or in part, the wheel body, rim, hub, or tyre sidewall, e.g. wheel cover discs, wheel cover discs with cooling fins
    • B60B7/06—Fastening arrangements therefor
    • B60B7/12—Fastening arrangements therefor comprising an annular spring or gripping element mounted on the cover
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60B—VEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
    • B60B7/00—Wheel cover discs, rings, or the like, for ornamenting, protecting, venting, or obscuring, wholly or in part, the wheel body, rim, hub, or tyre sidewall, e.g. wheel cover discs, wheel cover discs with cooling fins
    • B60B7/16—Anti-theft devices

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  • This invention relates to a road wheel for a vehicle and in particular to a wheel trim for a road wheel.
  • a wheel trim for a road wheel of a vehicle comprising a disc like resilient plastic cover having a number of circumferentially spaced resilient guide means extending therefrom for engagement in use with said road wheel, a 'C shaped spring located upon said cover by means of said guide means and a rotatable securing means acting upon at least one of the free ends of the 'C shaped spring to vary the clamping force between the guide means and the road wheel wherein a locking means is provided to facilitate rotation of the securing means between a first position in which the wheel trim can be removed from the wheel and a second position in which the clamping force exerted by the guide means upon the wheel is sufficient to lock the wheel trim the wheel.
  • the securing means may change the clamping force by altering the effective circumferential length of the 'C shaped spring and the 'C shaped spring may be a wire ring.
  • the securing means may be a cam device in which case the cam device may be a double acting cam device having two cam surfaces each for co-operation with a respective free end of the 'C shaped spring.
  • the securing means may be a single acting cam device having a single cam surface for co-operation with one of said free ends of the 'C shaped spring and in which the other of said free ends of the 'C shaped spring is arranged to abut against an abutment formed upon the cover.
  • the cam device may be rotatably supported by said cover.
  • the cover may have a tubular projection upon which said cam means is rotatably supported.
  • the cam means may have a number of detents formed thereon for locking engagement with a circumferential groove on the tubular projection thereby to secure the two parts together.
  • the locking means may be a key operable locking means having an irregularly shaped aperture drivingly connected to said securing means into which a complementary shaped key element can be engaged to permit rotation of the securing means from said first position to said second position or vice versa.
  • the irregularly shaped aperture may be a non-regular spline formed in the securing means.
  • the irregularly shaped aperture may be formed in a driven disc drivingly connected to the securing means.
  • the key element may include a key shaft, an irregularly shaped drive disc drivingly connected to the key shaft and a location disc drivingly connected to the key shaft.
  • the location disc may have one or more notches formed therein for co-operation with lugs formed in a bore of a tubular projection of the cover.
  • a locking means for a wheel trim of the type referred to with respect to said first aspect of the invention in which the locking means comprises of a key operable locking means having an irregularly shaped element drivingly connected to said securing means with which a complementary shaped key element can be engaged to permit rotation of the securing means from said first position to said second position or vice versa.
  • the irregularly shaped element may be a driven disc drivingly connected to the securing means and having an irregularly shaped aperture formed therein.
  • the key element may include a key shaft upon which an irregularly shaped drive disc is mounted.
  • the key element may further include a location disc mounted upon the key shaft.
  • the locking means may further include a T shaped handle for co-operation with said key shaft.
  • the driven disc may be made from a rigid plastics material.
  • the drive disc may be made from a rigid plastics material.
  • the location disc may have a number of notches formed therein for engagement in use with corresponding lugs formed on the wheel cover to assist with alignment and engagement of the drive disc with the driven disc.
  • Fig.l is a plan view of a rear side of a wheel trim in a secured or locked condition according to a first aspect of the invention showing a first embodiment of a securing means
  • Fig.2 is a partial cross section on the line II-II on Fig.l;
  • Fig.3 is a plan view similar to Fig.l but showing the wheel trim in a released condition
  • Fig.4 is a partial cross section on the line IV-IV on Fig.3;
  • Fig.5 is a view similar to Fig 1 but showing a second embodiment of a securing means
  • Fig.6 is a view similar to that shown in Fig 4 but showing a second embodiment of a securing means
  • Fig.7 is a plan view of a location disc forming part of a locking means according to a second aspect of the invention
  • Fig.8 is a plan view of a drive disc forming part of a locking means according to a second aspect of the invention.
  • Fig.9 is a plan view of a driven disc forming part of a locking means according to a second aspect of the invention.
  • Fig.10 is a pictorial representation of a key element and handle forming part of a locking means according to a second aspect of the invention.
  • a wheel trim 9 for a road wheel of a vehicle having a substantially disc-shaped cover 11 from which extends a number of circumferentially spaced guide means 12.
  • the guide means 12 and the cover 11 are formed from a resilient plastics material as a single integral component.
  • a 'C shaped spring in the form of a discontinuous wire ring 13 is engaged with each of the guide means 12.
  • the wire ring 13 is radially compressed by its engagement with the guide means 12 thereby producing a force biasing the guide means 12 outwardly.
  • the effective diameter of the guide means 12 is greater than the effective diameter of the guide means 12 when engaged with the road wheel 10 thereby producing a clamping force between a rim portion 10B of the road wheel 10 and the guide means 12. This clamping force is sufficient to hold the wheel trim 9 in position upon the road wheel 10.
  • the effective clamping force between the wheel trim and the road wheel 10 can be selectively changed by means of a securing means in the form of a rotatable cam device 14 interposed between the free ends 15, 16 of the wire ring
  • the cam device 14 is a double acting cam device having two opposite cam surfaces each of which co-operates in use with a respective one of said free ends 15, 16 of the wire ring 13.
  • the cam device 14 is rotatably mounted upon the cover 11 by means of a locking device 17 engaged with an aperture in the cover 11.
  • the locking device 17 has an irregular shaped internal spline 18 formed therein for which a corresponding splined key (not shown) is required to rotate the locking device 17.
  • the irregular shaped spline can be formed by a number of uniform shaped splines with a variation in pitch between one or more splines or by a uniform pitch with one or more non uniform splines.
  • the wheel 10 is normally rotatable about a horizontal axis of rotation X-X and is formed by a hub member 10A and the rim portion 10B which are welded together.
  • the rim portion 10B has a radially inwardly facing circumferentially extending groove IOC formed therein into which in use the guide means 12 are engaged. As previously described disengagement of the guide means 12 from the groove IOC is prevented by the clamping force applied to the guide means 12 by the wire ring 13.
  • the cam device 14 is rotatable by means of the locking means 17 from a first position as shown in Fig 3 in which it can be removed from the wheel 10 to a second position as shown in Fig 1 in which the wheel trim 9 is locked to the wheel 10.
  • the cam device 14 In normal use with the wheel trim 9 in position on the wheel 10 the cam device 14 is positioned as shown in Figure 1. In this position the cam means 14 applies a biasing force to the wire ring 13 thereby increasing the clamping action of the guide means 12. When the cam means 14 is in this position it is extremely difficult to remove the wheel trim 9 from the road wheel 10 and the wheel trim is effectively locked in place. While in this position a thief would find it almost impossible to remove the wheel trim 9 without causing serious damage to the wheel trim 9.
  • the locking device 17 can only be rotated by the use of the correct key having a corresponding shape to the internal spline 18.
  • FIG 5 shows a modification in which a single acting cam device 37 is used. In this case only one free end 35 of the C shaped spring 33 is in abutment with the cam device 37 and the other free end 36 is in abutment with an abutment or stop 38 formed upon the cover 31.
  • the wheel trim is in most respects similar to that previously described and has a cover 111 from which extends a tubular projection 123.
  • the tubular projection 123 has a bore 124 in which is formed two radially inwardly directed lugs 125, 126.
  • the outer cylindrical surface of the tubular projection 123 has a circumferentially extending groove or recess 127 near to its free end.
  • a securing means in the form of a double acting cam device 114 is rotatably mounted upon the free end of the tubular projection 123.
  • the cam device 114 is rotatably attached to the tubular projection 123 by a number of radially inwardly projecting detents 128, 129 formed in a bore 130 in the cam device 114.
  • the detents are forced into engagement with the recess 127.
  • the cam device 114 is interposed between the free ends 115, 116 of a C shaped wire ring 113 and rotation of the cam device will vary the distance between the free ends
  • a locking device which requires the use of a specially shaped key to rotate the cam device 114.
  • the locking means comprises of a rigid plastic driven disc 141 drivingly connected to the cam device 114 by means of a number of radially outwardly extending lugs 142 which engage with corresponding recesses in the cam device 114.
  • An irregularly shaped aperture 143 is formed in the driven disc 141 which is of the same shape as a corresponding plastic drive disc 145.
  • the drive disc 145 and a location disc 146 are both mounted upon a hexagonal key shaft 149 to form a key element.
  • the location disc 146 has two recesses 147, 148 formed therein for engagement with the radially inwardly directed lugs 125, 126 upon insertion of the key element into the bore 124 of the tubular projection 123.
  • the lugs 125, 126 and the recesses 147, 148 assist with the alignment and insertion of the drive disc 145 into the aperture 143 in the driven disc 141.
  • the spacing of the lugs 125, 126 from the free end of the tubular projection 123 and the thickness of the location disc 146 are such that the location disc 146 is engaged with the lugs 125, 126 during initial insertion of the drive disc 145 into the driven disc 141 but becomes disengaged before the engagement of the drive disc 145 with the driven disc 141 is complete.
  • the key element is first inserted into the tubular projection 123 causing the drive plate 145 to engage with the driven plate 141. Any rotation of the key element will now cause the cam device 114 to be rotated a similar amount.
  • a T-shaped handle 150 is engaged with a free end of the hexagonal key shaft 149.
  • the T-shaped handle has a hexagonal bore 151 therein which drivingly connects to the key shaft 149 and allows the cam device 114 to be readily rotated by rotating the T-shaped handle.
  • the shape of the irregular shaped aperture in the driven disc and the corresponding shape of the drive disc can be varied to provide a number of different lock combinations.
  • irregular shaped aperture includes irregular spline means and not simply apertures having different radii at different positions.
  • the locking means therefore provides a simple and cost effective way of providing a means to secure a wheel trim in position and thereby reduce the risk of theft.

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Abstract

A wheel trim for a road wheel (10) is disclosed in which the wheel trim (9) is held in position upon the road wheel (10) by means of a number of circumferentially spaced guide means (12) biased into engagement with the road wheel (10) by means of a wire ring (13). A cam device (14) moveable by a key operable locking means is provided to alter the clamping force between the wheel trim (9) and the road wheel (10). In a first position the cam device (14) applies only a small load to the wire ring (13) thereby allowing the wheel trim (9) to be removed but in a second position the cam device (14) applies a significant load to the wire ring thereby effectively locking the wheel trim (9) to the road wheel (10).

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A Wheel Trim for a Road Wheel of a Vehicle
■and a locking means therefor
This invention relates to a road wheel for a vehicle and in particular to a wheel trim for a road wheel.
It is known to provide a wheel trim for the road wheel of a vehicle in which the wheel trim has a disc like cover from which extends a number of circumferentially spaced resilient guide means for engagement in use with the road wheel. The guide means in use are held tightly into engagement with the road wheel by means of a circumferentially extending wire ring engaged with the guide means.
It is a problem with such prior art wheel trims that the load exerted by the wire ring upon the guide means has to be selected so that the wheel trim can be easily fitted and removed.
This has the disadvantage that the wheel trim can easily be removed by a thief without special tools.
It is an object of the invention to provide a wheel trim that overcomes the disadvantage of the prior art.
According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided a wheel trim for a road wheel of a vehicle, the wheel trim comprising a disc like resilient plastic cover having a number of circumferentially spaced resilient guide means extending therefrom for engagement in use with said road wheel, a 'C shaped spring located upon said cover by means of said guide means and a rotatable securing means acting upon at least one of the free ends of the 'C shaped spring to vary the clamping force between the guide means and the road wheel wherein a locking means is provided to facilitate rotation of the securing means between a first position in which the wheel trim can be removed from the wheel and a second position in which the clamping force exerted by the guide means upon the wheel is sufficient to lock the wheel trim the wheel.
The securing means may change the clamping force by altering the effective circumferential length of the 'C shaped spring and the 'C shaped spring may be a wire ring.
Preferably, the securing means may be a cam device in which case the cam device may be a double acting cam device having two cam surfaces each for co-operation with a respective free end of the 'C shaped spring.
Alternatively the securing means may be a single acting cam device having a single cam surface for co-operation with one of said free ends of the 'C shaped spring and in which the other of said free ends of the 'C shaped spring is arranged to abut against an abutment formed upon the cover.
The cam device may be rotatably supported by said cover. The cover may have a tubular projection upon which said cam means is rotatably supported.
The cam means may have a number of detents formed thereon for locking engagement with a circumferential groove on the tubular projection thereby to secure the two parts together.
Advantageously, the locking means may be a key operable locking means having an irregularly shaped aperture drivingly connected to said securing means into which a complementary shaped key element can be engaged to permit rotation of the securing means from said first position to said second position or vice versa.
The irregularly shaped aperture may be a non-regular spline formed in the securing means.
Preferably, the irregularly shaped aperture may be formed in a driven disc drivingly connected to the securing means.
The key element may include a key shaft, an irregularly shaped drive disc drivingly connected to the key shaft and a location disc drivingly connected to the key shaft.
The location disc may have one or more notches formed therein for co-operation with lugs formed in a bore of a tubular projection of the cover. According to a second aspect of the invention there is provided a locking means for a wheel trim of the type referred to with respect to said first aspect of the invention in which the locking means comprises of a key operable locking means having an irregularly shaped element drivingly connected to said securing means with which a complementary shaped key element can be engaged to permit rotation of the securing means from said first position to said second position or vice versa.
The irregularly shaped element may be a driven disc drivingly connected to the securing means and having an irregularly shaped aperture formed therein.
The key element may include a key shaft upon which an irregularly shaped drive disc is mounted.
The key element may further include a location disc mounted upon the key shaft.
The locking means may further include a T shaped handle for co-operation with said key shaft.
The driven disc may be made from a rigid plastics material.
The drive disc may be made from a rigid plastics material. The location disc may have a number of notches formed therein for engagement in use with corresponding lugs formed on the wheel cover to assist with alignment and engagement of the drive disc with the driven disc.
The invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawing of which:-
Fig.l is a plan view of a rear side of a wheel trim in a secured or locked condition according to a first aspect of the invention showing a first embodiment of a securing means;
Fig.2 is a partial cross section on the line II-II on Fig.l;
Fig.3 is a plan view similar to Fig.l but showing the wheel trim in a released condition;
Fig.4 is a partial cross section on the line IV-IV on Fig.3;
Fig.5 is a view similar to Fig 1 but showing a second embodiment of a securing means;
Fig.6 is a view similar to that shown in Fig 4 but showing a second embodiment of a securing means; Fig.7 is a plan view of a location disc forming part of a locking means according to a second aspect of the invention;
Fig.8 is a plan view of a drive disc forming part of a locking means according to a second aspect of the invention;
Fig.9 is a plan view of a driven disc forming part of a locking means according to a second aspect of the invention;
Fig.10 is a pictorial representation of a key element and handle forming part of a locking means according to a second aspect of the invention.
With reference to figures 1 to 4 there is shown a wheel trim 9 for a road wheel of a vehicle having a substantially disc-shaped cover 11 from which extends a number of circumferentially spaced guide means 12.
The guide means 12 and the cover 11 are formed from a resilient plastics material as a single integral component.
A 'C shaped spring in the form of a discontinuous wire ring 13 is engaged with each of the guide means 12. The wire ring 13 is radially compressed by its engagement with the guide means 12 thereby producing a force biasing the guide means 12 outwardly. Before assembly of the wheel trim 9 to the road wheel 10 the effective diameter of the guide means 12 is greater than the effective diameter of the guide means 12 when engaged with the road wheel 10 thereby producing a clamping force between a rim portion 10B of the road wheel 10 and the guide means 12. This clamping force is sufficient to hold the wheel trim 9 in position upon the road wheel 10.
The effective clamping force between the wheel trim and the road wheel 10 can be selectively changed by means of a securing means in the form of a rotatable cam device 14 interposed between the free ends 15, 16 of the wire ring
13.
The cam device 14 is a double acting cam device having two opposite cam surfaces each of which co-operates in use with a respective one of said free ends 15, 16 of the wire ring 13.
The cam device 14 is rotatably mounted upon the cover 11 by means of a locking device 17 engaged with an aperture in the cover 11.
The locking device 17 has an irregular shaped internal spline 18 formed therein for which a corresponding splined key (not shown) is required to rotate the locking device 17. The irregular shaped spline can be formed by a number of uniform shaped splines with a variation in pitch between one or more splines or by a uniform pitch with one or more non uniform splines.
With particular reference to Fig 2 the wheel 10 is normally rotatable about a horizontal axis of rotation X-X and is formed by a hub member 10A and the rim portion 10B which are welded together. The rim portion 10B has a radially inwardly facing circumferentially extending groove IOC formed therein into which in use the guide means 12 are engaged. As previously described disengagement of the guide means 12 from the groove IOC is prevented by the clamping force applied to the guide means 12 by the wire ring 13.
The cam device 14 is rotatable by means of the locking means 17 from a first position as shown in Fig 3 in which it can be removed from the wheel 10 to a second position as shown in Fig 1 in which the wheel trim 9 is locked to the wheel 10.
In normal use with the wheel trim 9 in position on the wheel 10 the cam device 14 is positioned as shown in Figure 1. In this position the cam means 14 applies a biasing force to the wire ring 13 thereby increasing the clamping action of the guide means 12. When the cam means 14 is in this position it is extremely difficult to remove the wheel trim 9 from the road wheel 10 and the wheel trim is effectively locked in place. While in this position a thief would find it almost impossible to remove the wheel trim 9 without causing serious damage to the wheel trim 9.
To remove the wheel trim from the road wheel 10 the cam means 14 is rotated to the position shown in Figure 3 thereby effectively reducing the circumferential length of the wire ring 13 and its resultant biasing force upon the guide means 12.
In this position the clamping force between the wheel trim and the road wheel 10 is greatly reduced and the wheel trim 9 can be removed or inserted into engagement with the road wheel 10.
To reduce the risk of the wheel trim from being illegally removed from the road wheel 10, the locking device 17 can only be rotated by the use of the correct key having a corresponding shape to the internal spline 18.
Although the invention has thus far been described with reference to a double acting cam device, Fig 5 shows a modification in which a single acting cam device 37 is used. In this case only one free end 35 of the C shaped spring 33 is in abutment with the cam device 37 and the other free end 36 is in abutment with an abutment or stop 38 formed upon the cover 31. With particular reference to Figs 6 to 10 there is shown a locking means for use in securing a wheel trim of the type described above.
The wheel trim is in most respects similar to that previously described and has a cover 111 from which extends a tubular projection 123. The tubular projection 123 has a bore 124 in which is formed two radially inwardly directed lugs 125, 126. The outer cylindrical surface of the tubular projection 123 has a circumferentially extending groove or recess 127 near to its free end.
A securing means in the form of a double acting cam device 114 is rotatably mounted upon the free end of the tubular projection 123. The cam device 114 is rotatably attached to the tubular projection 123 by a number of radially inwardly projecting detents 128, 129 formed in a bore 130 in the cam device 114. Upon assembly of the cam device 114 to the tubular projection 123 the detents are forced into engagement with the recess 127.
The cam device 114 is interposed between the free ends 115, 116 of a C shaped wire ring 113 and rotation of the cam device will vary the distance between the free ends
115, 116 and hence the clamping pressure exerted by the wire ring 113. To prevent the wheel trim from being easily stolen a locking device is provided which requires the use of a specially shaped key to rotate the cam device 114.
The locking means comprises of a rigid plastic driven disc 141 drivingly connected to the cam device 114 by means of a number of radially outwardly extending lugs 142 which engage with corresponding recesses in the cam device 114. An irregularly shaped aperture 143 is formed in the driven disc 141 which is of the same shape as a corresponding plastic drive disc 145.
The drive disc 145 and a location disc 146 are both mounted upon a hexagonal key shaft 149 to form a key element.
The location disc 146 has two recesses 147, 148 formed therein for engagement with the radially inwardly directed lugs 125, 126 upon insertion of the key element into the bore 124 of the tubular projection 123. The lugs 125, 126 and the recesses 147, 148 assist with the alignment and insertion of the drive disc 145 into the aperture 143 in the driven disc 141.
The spacing of the lugs 125, 126 from the free end of the tubular projection 123 and the thickness of the location disc 146 are such that the location disc 146 is engaged with the lugs 125, 126 during initial insertion of the drive disc 145 into the driven disc 141 but becomes disengaged before the engagement of the drive disc 145 with the driven disc 141 is complete.
To rotate the cam device 114 from a first position in which it applies very little load to the free ends 115, 116 of the C shaped spring to a second position in which the free ends of the C shaped spring are forced apart or vice- versa the key element is first inserted into the tubular projection 123 causing the drive plate 145 to engage with the driven plate 141. Any rotation of the key element will now cause the cam device 114 to be rotated a similar amount.
To make it easier to rotate the key element a T-shaped handle 150 is engaged with a free end of the hexagonal key shaft 149. The T-shaped handle has a hexagonal bore 151 therein which drivingly connects to the key shaft 149 and allows the cam device 114 to be readily rotated by rotating the T-shaped handle.
It will be appreciated that the shape of the irregular shaped aperture in the driven disc and the corresponding shape of the drive disc can be varied to provide a number of different lock combinations.
It is intended that the term irregular shaped aperture includes irregular spline means and not simply apertures having different radii at different positions. The locking means therefore provides a simple and cost effective way of providing a means to secure a wheel trim in position and thereby reduce the risk of theft.

Claims

1. A wheel trim for a road wheel of a vehicle, the wheel trim comprising a disc like resilient plastic cover having a number of circumferentially spaced resilient guide means extending therefrom for engagement in use with said road wheel, a 'C shaped spring located upon said cover by means of said guide means and a rotatable securing means acting upon at least one of the free ends of the 'C shaped spring to vary the clamping force between the guide means and the road wheel wherein a locking means is provided to facilitate rotation of the securing means between a first position in which the wheel trim can be removed from the wheel and a second position in which the clamping force exerted by the guide means upon the wheel is sufficient to lock the wheel trim the wheel.
2. A wheel trim as claimed in Claim 1 in which the securing means changes the clamping force by altering the effective circumferential length of the 'C shaped spring.
3. A wheel trim as claimed in Claim 1 or in Claim 2 in which the 'C shaped spring is a wire ring.
4. A wheel trim as claimed in any of Claims 1 to 3 in which the securing means is a cam device.
5. A wheel trim as claimed in Claim 4 in which the cam device is a double acting cam device having two cam surfaces each for co-operation with a respective free end of the 'C shaped spring.
6. A wheel trim as claimed in Claim 4 in which the cam device is a single acting cam device having a single cam surface for co-operation with one of said free ends of the 'C shaped spring.
7. A wheel trim as claimed in Claim 6 in which the other of said free ends of the C shaped spring is arranged to abut against an abutment formed upon the cover.
8. A wheel trim as claimed in any of Claims 4 to 7 in which the cam device is rotatably supported by said cover.
9. A wheel trim as claimed in Claim 8 in which the cover has a tubular projection upon which said cam means is rotatably supported.
10. A wheel trim as claimed in Claim 9 in which the cam means has a number of detents formed thereon for locking engagement with a circumferential groove on the tubular projection thereby to secure the two parts together.
11. A wheel trim as claimed in any preceding Claim in which the locking means is a key operable locking means having an irregularly shaped aperture drivingly connected to said securing means into which a complementary shaped key element can be engaged to permit rotation of the securing means from said first position to said second position or vice versa.
12. A wheel trim as claimed in Claim 11 in which the irregularly shaped aperture is a non regular spline formed in the securing means.
13. A wheel trim as claimed in Claim 11 in which the irregularly shaped aperture is formed in a driven disc drivingly connected to the securing means.
14. A wheel trim as claimed in Claim 13 in which the key element includes a key shaft, an irregularly shaped drive disc drivingly connected to the key shaft and a location disc drivingly connected to the key shaft.
15. A wheel trim as claimed in claim 14 in which the location disc has one or more notches formed therein.
16. A wheel trim as claimed in claim 15 in which the cover has a tubular projection upon which the securing means is rotatably supported, the tubular projection having a bore in which are formed lugs for co-operation with the notches formed on the location disc.
17. A locking means for a wheel trim as claimed in claim 1 in which the locking means comprises of a key operable locking means having an irregularly shaped element drivingly connected to said securing means with which a complementary shaped key element can be engaged to permit rotation of the securing means from said first position to said second position or vice versa.
18. A locking means as claimed in Claim 17 in which the irregularly shaped element is a driven disc drivingly connected to the securing means and having an irregularly shaped aperture formed therein.
19. A locking means as claimed in Claim 17 in which the key element includes a key shaft upon which an irregularly shaped drive disc is mounted.
20. A locking means as claimed in Claim 19 in which the key element further includes a location disc mounted upon the key shaft.
21. A locking means as claimed in Claim 19 or in Claim 20 in which the locking means further includes a T shaped handle for co-operation with said key shaft.
22. A locking means as claimed in Claim 18 in which the driven disc is made from a rigid plastics material.
23. A locking means as claimed in Claim 19 in which the drive disc is made from a rigid plastics material.
24. A locking means as claimed in Claim 20 in which the location disc has a number of notches formed therein for engagement in use with corresponding lugs formed on the wheel cover to assist with alignment and engagement of the drive disc with the driven disc.
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