US Patent Issued to Wheel Pros on June 23 for "Universal aerodynamic wheel cover" (Arizona, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,928, issued on June 23, was assigned to Wheel Pros LLC (Greenwood Village, Colo.).

"Universal aerodynamic wheel cover" was invented by Tom Van Ryn (Phoenix), Ronald Baugh (Irvine, Calif.), Steven Kern (Irvine, Calif.) and Yuri Ranum (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter assembly that allows a wheel cover to be attached to a wheel has an insert, a plug, a key and a wrench. The insert attaches through a hole in the wheel cover and has prongs that lock behind a cap lip of the wheel. The plug is screwed into the insert via the wrench, and plug threads push out on the prongs, securing them behind the cap lip. The key i...