Gas cap construction
OwnerBernard Reyesinventor
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Abstract
An improved construction for a vehicle gas cap includes a threaded engagement portion, a main body for sealing the gas tank throat and for allowing manipulation of the improved cap, a disk, and a hinged C-clamp attached to the main body. The disk is dimensioned such that it allows for the retaining of the trigger of a gas pump handle in an operable position when fitted into the gas pump handle trigger slot. The C-clamp portion is dimensioned such that it allows for the retaining of the trigger of a gas pump handle in an operable position when fitted thereover. The disk of the cap is the same height as the clamp portion's thickness, and allows for a flush surface overall when the C-clamp is folded down into a closed position.
Claims3
An improved gas cap construction comprising:
- a main cap body portion;
- means for engaging a tank throat extending from one side of said cap body;
- a raised disk on said cap body being located and hinged on the side opposite said tank throat engagement means, said disk thus defining a first generally planar cap portion surface of said disk and a second generally planar cap portion surface of said disk, said first surface and said second surface being substantially parallel to one another;
- and
- a clamp portion hingedly attached to said body portion, said clamp portion and a hinged attachment being configured such that said clamp portion is positionable to lie in a plane substantially parallel to that of both said first surface and said second surface:
- whereby
- said improved cap is removable from a throat of a gas tank, and where said clamp portion is movable to a position wherein it's usable to maintain the handle of a gas pump in an operable position and said disk is movable to a position wherein it's usable to maintain the handle of a gas pump in an operable position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.