Wheel cover

Claim 1

IN A WHEEL STRUCTURE HAVING RIM AND BODY PARTS INCLUDING A SIDE FLANGE AND AN AXIAL FLANGE LOCATED RADIALLY AND AXIALLY INWARD OF THE SIDE FLANGE, A COVER FOR DISPOSITION AT THE OUTER SIDE OF THE WHEEL STRUCTURE HAVING A REARWARDLY TURNED OUTER PERIPHERAL EDGE AND HAVING EXTENDING REARWARDLY AND RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM SAID EDGE A CONTINUOUS ANNULAR FLANGE PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF EXTENSIONS RESILIENTLY YIELDABLE IN A RADIAL DIRECTION AND MUTUALLY RESISTING SUCH YIELDING BY THE COMMON CONNECTION THROUGH SAID ANNULAR FLANGE, SAID EXTENSIONS BEING ARCUATELY CURVED AT THEIR INNER TERMINAL ENDS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE ANNULAR FLANGE AND HAVING AT SUCH TERMINAL ENDS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING DEFORMATIONS FOR RIGIDIFYING SUCH TERMINAL ENDS FOR RESISTING DEFORMATION OF THE ARCUATE CONFIGURATION OF THE EXTENSIONS, EACH OF SAID EXTENSIONS HAVING A SERIES OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ALIGNED SLOTS THEREIN AND A SERIES OF RETENTION ELEMENTS DEFLECTED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE MATERIAL OF THE EXTENSIONS AXIALLY INWARD OF THE SLOTS SO THAT A SERIES OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ALIGNED RETENTION ELEMENTS ARE PROVIDED EXTENDING RADIALLY AND AXIALLY OUTWARDLY AND HAVING THE INNER EDGES OF SAID SLOTS DEFINING RADIALLY AND AXIALLY OUTWARDLY FACING STRAIGHT EDGE PORTIONS IN CIRCUMFERENTIAL ALIGNMENT FOR RETAININGLY ENGAGING SAID AXIAL FLANGE.