Cable type lock for wire wheel hubcaps

Claim 1

As an article of manufacture for use in association with a lug mounted vehicle wheel a wire wheel hubcap removably attached to the vehicle wheel and wherein said wire wheel hubcap includes a mounting rim, a cover, a plurality of spokes detachably interconnected to and extending between said mounting rim and said cover, spaced apart stud means for attaching said cover to said mounting rim whereby to securely mount said spokes in juxtaposed relationship between said mounting rim and said cover, said cover, studs and mounting rim defining a circumferential enclosed area within the hubcap and as to which a member entrained therewithin is accessible for removal therefrom only on disconnection and separation of said cover from said mounting rim, a wire wheel hubcap theft preventing device including a relatively elongate flexible member having means at one end thereof for relatively fixed attachment of said one end thereof to a lug mount of said vehicle wheel, the other end of said flexible member comprising a loop attachable about and entrained within said circumferential enclosed area, said elongate flexible member being of a length to permit said wire wheel hubcap to be removed and displaced a sufficient distance from a vehicle wheel receiving the same in order that ready access may be had to the lug mounting by which such vehicle wheel is mounted on a vehicle.