Illuminated gas tank or shell
OwnerJames E. Barryinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a double-walled gasoline or fluid tank having a hollow space allowing light to be visible externally through a variety of openings or designs. A concave side portion of an existing tank is removed and a flat side wall, having an illumination device attached thereto, is attached where the original side portion was removed to create a new tank. An opening is created on the original side portion and the original side portion is reattached to the tank. The illumination device provides light through the opening in the original side portion.
Claims16
An interchangeable side panel for removable attachment to a gasoline tank of a motorcycle or a hollow body shell disposed where a conventional motorcycle gasoline tank is normally disposed, said side panel comprising:
- a body member having an inner surface and an outer surface and having a shape of an outside side portion of said motorcycle gasoline tank;
- and
- means for removable attachment of said body member to the tank or shell for allowing one of a plurality of side panels to be selected and attached to said tank or shell, wherein the attachment of said body member to said tank or shell gives the appearance of a conventional motorcycle gasoline tank.
An interchangeable side panel for removable attachment to a gasoline tank of a motorcycle or a hollow body shell disposed where a conventional motorcycle gasoline tank is normally disposed, the gasoline tank or shell having at least one flat side wall, said flat side wall having an outer surface and an inner surface, said side panel comprising:
- a body member having an inner surface and an outer surface and having a shape of an outside side portion of said motorcycle gasoline tank;
- and
- means for removable attachment of said body member to the tank or shell, said means for removable attachment comprising a first bracket attached to said flat side wall and a second bracket attached to the inner surface of said body member, said second bracket positioned inverted to said first bracket for removable mating therewith;
- means for retaining said body member in its attached relationship with said tank or shell, said means for retaining comprising at least one first nut having a centerhole and attached to said tank or shell, at least one second nut having a centerhole and attached to the inner surface of said body member, wherein the attachment of said body member to said tank or shell allowing the centerhole of said second nut to be aligned with the centerhole of said first nut, and a bolt for insertion through the centerholes of said first nut and said second nut;
- wherein the attachment of said body member to said tank or shell gives the appearance of said motorcycle gasoline tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.