Safety wheel

Claim 1

In combination, a vehicle wheel including a central outer periphery of reduced diameter, a safety assembly mountable on said central outer periphery, said safety assembly comprising three arcuate sections disposed in end aligned and at least substantially end-abutted relation about said outer periphery, each of said sections projecting radially outwardly from and extending approximately one third the distance about said central outer periphery and including axially thickened inner and outer marginal portions, each pair of adjacent sections including inner and outer pairs of axially spaced coacting endwise outwardly opening blind bores and endwise outwardly projecting pins carried by the inner and outer marginal portions of said adjacent ends with said pins snugly received in said blind bores, one end of each pair of adjacent section ends including a tranverse window formed therethrough intermediate the corresponding axially thickened inner and outer marginal portions and an endwise outwardly opening formed therein whose inner end opens into said window, the other end of each pair of adjacent section ends including an endwise outwardly opening threaded blind bore registered with the outer end of the corresponding opening, and a threaded and headed shank type fastener extending through each opening and threaded in the corresponding threaded blind bore, whereby said pairs of adjacent ends are clamped together with the inner marginal portions of said sections clampingly engaging said central outer periphery of said wheel.