Wheel cover construction

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, (A) AN AUTOMOBILE WHEEL HAVING A TIRE RECEIVING RIM PROVIDED WITH A CONVEX RADIALLY INWARDLY FACING ANNULAR RIB HAVING A RADIALLY OUTWARDLY INCLINED SURFACE ON ITS INNER SIDE, (B) A WHEEL COVER OVERLYING SAID WHEEL ON THE OUTER SIDE OF SAID RIB AND HAVING AN ANNULAR RETAINING RING EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM NEAR THE PERIPHERAL EDGE THEREOF IN RADIALLY INWARDLY SPACED RELATION TO AND BEYOND SAID CONVEX ANNULAR RIB, (C) A BEAD ALONG THE DISTAL EDGE OF SAID RETAINING RING CONSTITUTING AN INTEGRAL EXTENSION THEREOF AND SPACED FROM SAID CONVEX ANNULAR RIB, SAID BEAD HAVING AN OUT TURNED SECTION MERGING WITH AN IN TURNED SECTION AND AN OUTER DIAMETER NOT MORE THAN THE INNER DIAMETER OF SAID CONVEX ANNULAR RIB, (D) A PLURALITY OF CLIPS SECURED IN SPACED RELATION ALONG SAID RING AND CONFORMING GENERALLY TO THE CROSS SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION OF AND SPACED OUTWARDLY FROM SAID BEAD WITH THEIR OUTERMOST SURFACE PORTIONS ALONG A CIRCLE WHOSE DIAMETER IS SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE INNER DIAMETER OF SAID CONVEX ANNULAR RIB, AND (E) RESILIENT MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE JUXTAPOSED SURFACES OF SAID BEAD AND OF SAID CLIPS.