# US 10,370,146 B2 · Fluid-holding container for vehicle service centers > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,370,146 B2 - Document ID: US10370146B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/150,100 - Filed: 2016-05-09 - Published: 2017-08-10 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-10-07 - Assignees: Snyder Industries, Inc. - Applicants: Snyder Industries, Inc. - Inventors: Nick Eitzmann; Darrell Oltman - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10370146B2 ## CPC - B65D 21/0209: {stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position (B65D21/0234, B65D21/0235 take precedence)} - B25H 1/00: Work benches; Portable stands or supports for positioning portable tools or work to be operated on thereby - B25H 3/00: Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments (containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents B65D83/00; {nail dispensers B25C3/00}) - B65D 1/40: Details of walls (other container details B65D23/00, B65D25/00) - B65D 25/22: for facilitating lifting or suspending of containers - F16N 31/004: {combined with container} - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - B25H: WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS (storing or packaging B65) - F16N: LUBRICATING ## Abstract A container for holding and dispensing fluids used in vehicles includes spaced-apart front and back walls; spaced-apart left and right side walls; and spaced-apart top and bottom walls; the front and back walls, left and right side walls, and top and bottom walls together defining an enclosed fluid-containing inner chamber. Two sets of through walls are molded between the front wall and the back wall of the container to define a pair of aligned, circular-shaped, horizontally-extending through-holes between the front wall and the back wall of the container. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A container for holding and dispensing fluids used in vehicles, the container comprising: spaced-apart front and back walls; spaced-apart left and right side walls; spaced-apart top and bottom walls, the front and back walls, left and right side walls, and top and bottom walls together defining an enclosed fluid-containing inner chamber; a top fill opening in the top wall for introducing fluids into the inner chamber: and through walls molded between the front wall and the back wall that define a central, horizontally-extending through-hole between the front wall and the back wall, the through-hole being ⅛-¼ as wide as the container and approximately ¼ as tall as the container, the through-hole having a height in a direction extending between the top wall and the bottom wall and a width in a direction extending between the left side wall and the right side wall, the width being greater than the height; the through-hole centered between the left side wall and the right side wall and centered between the top wall and the bottom wall. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The container as set forth in claim 1, wherein the through-hole is oval-shaped and has outwardly-flared front and rear openings. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The container as set forth in claim 1, wherein the container is at least twice as wide as it is deep. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The container as set forth in claim 1, wherein the container is approximately twice as high as it is deep. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The container as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a second top fill opening in the top wall for introducing fluids into the inner chamber of the container. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The container as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a front fill opening along the front wall for introducing fluids into the inner chamber of the container, wherein the front fill opening is angled with respect to the front wall. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The container of claim 6, further comprising a lower recess configured to receive a protrusion of a front fill opening of another container when the container is stacked on the other container. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The container of claim 7, wherein the front fill opening of the container and the lower recess are centered between the left side wall and the right side wall. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The container as set forth in claim 1, further comprising positioned along the bottom wall for dispensing fluids from the container. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The container as set forth in claim 1, wherein the height of the through-hole is smallest near a midpoint between the front wall and the back wall. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The container as set forth in claim 1, wherein the width of the through-hole is smallest near a midpoint between the front wall and the back wall. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The container as set forth in claim 1, wherein the through-hole is symmetric between the front wall and the back wall. ### Claim 13 A container for holding and dispensing fluids used in vehicles, the container comprising: spaced-apart front and back walls; spaced-apart left and right side walls; spaced-apart top and bottom walls, the front and back walls, left and right side walls, and top and bottom walls together defining an enclosed fluid-containing inner chamber; a top fill opening in the top wall for introducing fluids into the inner chamber; a front fill opening along the front wall for introducing fluids into the inner chamber, the front fill opening being angled with respect to the front wall; a lower recess configured to receive a protrusion of a front fill opening of another container when the container is stacked on the other container; and through walls molded between the front wall and the back wall that define a central, horizontally-extending through-hole between the front wall and the back wall, the through-hole being ⅛-¼ as wide as the container and approximately ¼ as tall as the container, the through-hole having a height in a direction extending between the top wall and the bottom wall and a width in a direction extending between the left side wall and the right side wall, the width being greater than the height. ### Claim 14 A container for holding and dispensing fluids used in vehicles, the container comprising: spaced-apart front and back walls; spaced-apart left and right side walls; spaced-apart top and bottom walls, the front and back walls, left and right side walls, and top and bottom walls together defining an enclosed fluid-containing inner chamber; a top fill opening in the top wall for introducing fluids into the inner chamber; plurality drain holes positioned along the bottom wall for dispensing fluids from the container; and through walls molded between the front wall and the back wall that define a central, horizontally-extending through-hole between the front wall and the back wall, the through-hole being ⅛-¼ as wide as the container and approximately ¼ as tall as the container, the through-hole having a height in a direction extending between the top wall and the bottom wall and a width in a direction extending between the left side wall and the right side wall, the width being greater than the height.