Wheel cover

Claim 1

A WHEEL STRUCTURE COMPRISING: A VEHICLE WHEEL HAVING A RADIALLY EXTENDING OUTER FACE AND AN AXIALLY EXTENDING WHEEL FLANGE WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY SMOOTH ANNULAR INNER SURFACE OF A FIRST DIAMETER RELATIVE TO THE CENTRAL AXIS OF SAID WHEEL, AND A WHEEL COVER FOR ATTACHMENT TO THE OUTER FACE OF THE VEHICLE WHEEL, SAID WHEEL COVER COMPRISING, AN ANNULAR AXIALLY EXTENDING RETAINER FLANGE HAVING A TOOTH SUPPORTING PORTION DISPOSED AT A DIAMETER RELATIVELY LESS THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID WHEEL FLANGE, A PLURALITY OF RESILIENT RETAINING TEETH SUPPORTED BY THE TOOTH SUPPORTING PORTION OF SAID RETAINER FLANGE, SAID TEETH BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN THE TOOTH SUPPORTING PORTION OF SAID RETAINER FLANGE AND THE WHEEL FLANGE FOR BITINGLY ENGAGING THE VEHICLE WHEEL, THE TOOTH SUPPORTING PORTION OF SAID RETAINER FLANGE BEING MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES IN SPACED RELATION TO THE WHEEL FLANGE OF SAID WHEEL BY SAID RETAINING TEETH, DECORATIVE MEANS DISPOSED RADIALLY INWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID RETAINER FLANGE AND SUPPORTED THEREBY, AND A STABILIZING SHOULDER EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID RETAINER FLANGE AND SPACED AXIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE RETAINING TEETH ON SAID RETAINER FLANGE, SAID SHOULDER BEING NORMALLY DISPOSED ON SAID COVER AT A DIAMETER RELATIVELY SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID WHEEL FLANGE BUT RELATIVELY LARGER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE TOOTH SUPPORTING PORTION OF SAID RETAINER FLANGE SO AS TO INITIALLY LIE IN CLOSELY SPACED RELATION TO THE AXIALLY EXTENDING WHEEL FLANGE OF SAID VEHICLE WHEEL THEREBY TO FACILITATE ASSEMBLY OF SAID WHEEL COVER WITH SAID WHEEL, THE SHOULDER ON SAID RETAINER FLANGE BEING MOVABLE RADIALLY OUTWARDLY RELATIVE TO THE CENTRAL AXIS OF SAID VEHICLE WHEEL AND ENGAGEABLE THEREWITH UPON SLIGHT RADIAL MOVEMENT OF THE RETAINER FLANGE ON SAID WHEEL COVER RELATIVE TO SAID VEHICLE WHEEL FOR PRECLUDING EXCESSIVE RADIAL MOVEMENT OF THE WHEEL COVER RELATIVE TO THE VEHICLE WHEEL.