US 12,064,995 B2
Wheel cover quick mount
Jonathan E. Fleck, St. Paul, MN (US); and John Thomas Calhoun, Shafer, MN (US)
Assigned to MOOCHOUT LLC, St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed by Moochout LLC, St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/524,501.
Application 17/524,501 is a continuation of application No. 16/477,841, granted, now 11,198,322, previously published as PCT/US2018/014071, filed on Jan. 17, 2018.
Application 16/477,841 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/626,799, filed on Nov. 20, 2017, granted, now D844524, issued on Apr. 2, 2019.
Application 29/626,799 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/626,802, filed on Nov. 20, 2017, granted, now D845854, issued on Apr. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/447,308, filed on Jan. 17, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/561,484, filed on Sep. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063327 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60B 7/06 (2006.01); B60B 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60B 7/068 (2013.01) [B60B 7/04 (2013.01); B60B 2320/10 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for covering a wheel of a vehicle with a wheel cover assembly, the wheel having a first stud and a second stud each extending in an outward direction away from a hub, the method comprising:
receiving a first post of a receiver in a first hook of an engagement plate of a wheel cover assembly, the first post engaged to the first stud;
receiving a second post of the receiver in a second hook of the engagement plate of the wheel cover assembly, the second post engaged to the second stud;
receiving an inward force exerted against a wheel cover of the wheel cover assembly in an inward direction towards the hub, the inward force overcoming a spring bias of a spring of the receiver and translating the wheel cover assembly in the inward direction;
receiving a first rotational force rotating the wheel cover assembly in a first direction;
generating a first positive feedback in response to the inward force and the first rotational force; and
releaseably locking the wheel cover assembly to the receiver by translating the wheel cover assembly in the outward direction using an outward force generated by the spring bias, the outward force providing a second positive feedback.