US 12,011,951 B1
Scratchless decorative cover
John Lawrence Bella, Cookeville, TN (US)
Assigned to Phoenix U.S.A. Inc., Cookeville, TN (US)
Filed by Phoenix U.S.A., Inc., Cookeville, TN (US)
Filed on Jul. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/930,316.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/874,371, filed on Jul. 15, 2019.
Int. Cl. B60B 7/14 (2006.01); B60B 7/00 (2006.01); B60B 7/02 (2006.01); B60B 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60B 7/0013 (2013.01) [B60B 7/0053 (2013.01); B60B 7/02 (2013.01); B60B 7/068 (2013.01); B60B 7/14 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A scratchless wheel cover system for a wheel on a vehicle, comprising:
at least two nuts, each nut adapted to screw onto a respective stud of the wheel and having a grooved exterior surface, each groove of the grooved exterior surface being separate, independent, and spaced apart; and
a wheel cover comprising at least two pods, each pod located on the cover to align with each of the at least two nuts when the cover is placed over the wheel studs, each pod including contours matching the grooved exterior surface of each nut of the at least two nuts and configured to frictionally engage the grooved exterior surface of each nut of the at least two nuts.