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US 5,580,019 AGranted
Retrofitable gas cap holders
OwnerLouis S. Glesserinventor
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Abstract
The retrofitable fuel cap holder of this invention is and can be fixed on inner surface hinged vehicular gas cap lids. The cap includes a base, a support and a compression mechanism. Fuel is compressible in a direction substantially normal to an inner surface of the lid. The base has a fuel cap retainer, such as a notch, where the gas cap is placed during refueling. The support has adhesive for attachment to the inner surface of the lid and one of the base and support are conformable to the inner surface of the lid.
Claims20
A retrofitable holder for vehicular fuel line caps during refueling comprising the combination of:
- base means including a match like cap retention means for retaining fuel line caps during refueling,
- at least one support means attached to said base means, said at least one support means including adhesive means, for adhering the support means to an inner surface of a hinged vehicular lid for the fuel line cap, at least a portion of one of said at least one support means and said adhesive means being substantially conformable to the said inner surface of the lid and at least one of the bame means and the support means including means for compression, said compression being in a direction substantially normal to the base means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.