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US 5,259,426 AGranted
Oil drain funnel
OwnerJames F. Burleigh, Roger S. Burleighinventors
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OwnerJames F. Burleigh, Roger S. Burleighinventors
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A drain funnel for directing oil or transmission fluid from the oil pan or transmission of a vehicle to a collecting pan or receptacle. The drain funnel is characterized by a tapered body portion having a top rim which mounts multiple socket supports that support a socket in the center of a circle defined by the top rim. The socket is fitted with a plug receptacle or with threads for receiving a companion threaded plug receptacle for engaging an oil pan, crankcase or transmission drain plug on the vehicle and seating the drain plug in the plug receptacle or in a recessed cage in the plug receptacle to prevent the drain plug from falling through the funnel. In a preferred embodiment a funnel nipple is provided at the bottom end of the tapered funnel body and is threaded to receive a drain hose for draining the oil or transmission fluid into the collecting pan or receptacle.
A drain funnel for draining fluid from a vehicle having a drain plug, comprising a funnel having a funnel mouth or receiving a flow of fluid from the vehicle and a socket receptacle carried by said funnel at said funnel mouth, a seat provided in said socket receptacle, receptacle threads provided in said seat and a socket having a socket base and base threads shaped for removable, threadable insertion in said seat, said socket having a plug receptacle of selected size for receiving and removably retaining the drain plug.
A drain funnel for draining fluid from a vehicle having a drain plug, comprising a funnel having a funnel mouth for receiving a flow of fluid from the vehicle, a plurality of socket supports projecting radially, inwardly and upwardly from said funnel, a socket receptacle fixedly carried by said socket supports, a seat provided in said socket receptacle, receptacle threads provided in said seat and a socket having a socket base shaped for removable insertion in said seat and base threads provided on said socket base, with at least a portion of said socket receptacle elevated above the plane of said funnel mouth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.