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A mounting assembly for a movable decorative member to be mounted on a rotatable wheel hub including a weighted mass having a mounting portion carrying a ball bearing disposed on a boss provided on a securement cap stud. The stud includes a threaded shaft engageable with the coupler or hub per se. T

A mounting assembly for a movable decorative member to be mounted on a rotatable wheel hub including a weighted mass having a mounting portion carrying a ball bearing disposed on a boss provided on a securement cap stud. The stud includes a threaded shaft engageable with the coupler or hub per se. The coupler is a flanged base or a base having radially projecting legs wherein either the flanged base or the radial legs are detachably connected with the hub. The bearing has a turning axis and the weighted mass decorative member is eccentric or off-center of the turning axis so that the decorative member downwardly depends from the bearing in a static appearing condition. A fixed, decorative member may be included which is secured to the hub so as to rotate therewith while the movable decorative member appears stationary.

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1. In a wheel mounted decorative assembly carried on a rotatable wheel having a hub, the combination comprising:a decorative member carried on said hub;attachment means for removably mounting said decorative member on said hub;said attachment means includes a body having a pressure surface bearing a

1. In a wheel mounted decorative assembly carried on a rotatable wheel having a hub, the combination comprising:a decorative member carried on said hub;attachment means for removably mounting said decorative member on said hub;said attachment means includes a body having a pressure surface bearing against said decorative member and with an outwardly projecting attachment member for attachment to said hub;said attachment member is a threaded stud receivable in a threaded opening provided in said hub with said decorative member disposed between said pressure surface and said hub;a second decorative member movably mounted on said attachment means body;a cap detachably connected to said attachment means body for retaining said second decorative member on said attachment body;said first mentioned decorative member fixedly secured to said hub;a bearing disposed between said second decorative member and said cap permitting movement of said second decorative member relative to said first mentioned decorative member;said second decorative member includes an open bore for mounting said bearing;said second decorative member having a circular flange on one side of said bore with a circular receptacle on its other side for receiving said bearing; anda snap fastener detachably connectable in said circular receptacle with said second decorative member to releasably retain said bearing in said bore against said flange.2. The assembly defined in claim 1 wherein:said bearing includes an inner race and an outer race;said circular flange engages an outer marginal region of said outer race; andsaid snap fastener recessed within said circular receptacle in spaced-apart relationship with respect to said cap.3. The assembly defined in claim 2 wherein:said attachment member is a set of legs carried on said body pressure surface and outwardly projecting therefrom in a spaced-apart radial pattern with each leg of said set terminating in secure engagement with said hub.4. The assembly defined in claim 3 wherein:said second decorative member is weighted so as to react as a pendulum on said bearing movable by gravitational force to downwardly depend from said bearing.