Fuel spill containment device

A fuel vent containment device which is user friendly for mounting to a hull of an associated watercraft beneath a fuel vent for collecting fuel spillage during refueling of the watercraft comprising:

• a collector adapted for attachment to said watercraft hull for collecting and containing fuel spillage from said fuel vent during refueling;
• a frame connected to said collector for carrying said collector in a proper position beneath said fuel vent;
• a plurality of laterally spaced suction cups carried by said frame for securing said frame and collector to said hull with said collector properly positioned beneath said fuel vent;
• at least one connector arm connected between said frame and said collector whereby said collector is carried by said frame;
• said connector arm including an adjustable connector arm having an adjustment enabling the adjustment of said collector relative to said frame to assure proper positioning of said collector beneath said fuel vent;
• said adjustment of said adjustable connector arm including said connector arm being constructed from a bendable material so that said arm may be adjusted to a desired position so that said collector is properly positioned below said fuel vent;
• a release mechanism carried by said frame for releasing the suction of said suction cups when applied against said hull of said watercraft so that said collector may be reliably removed from said hull without fuel spillage;
• an actuator for actuating said release mechanism by a user;
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• said frame including a handle which may be manually grasped by a hand of said user, and said actuator comprises an actuator member which can be grasped by said hand of said user in a manner that said release mechanism may be actuated and said collector removed in a manual operation by a single handed operation.

A fuel vent containment device which is user friendly for mounting to a hull of an associated watercraft beneath a fuel vent for collecting fuel spillage during refueling of the watercraft comprising:

• a collector adapted for attachment to the watercraft hull for collecting and containing fuel spillage from said fuel vent during refueling;
• a frame connected to said collector for carrying said collector in a proper position beneath said fuel vent;
• said frame having a handle portion for being manually grasped by a user;
• a plurality of laterally spaced suction cups carried by said frame for securing said frame and collector to said hull with said collector properly positioned beneath said fuel vent;
• a release mechanism carried by said frame for releasing the suction of said suction cups when applied and secured against said hull of said watercraft so that said collector may be reliably removed from said hull without fuel spillage;
• an actuator for actuating said release mechanism by said user having a manual actuator member;
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• said collector being carried by said frame so as to have a substantially center axis which generally bisects said handle and actuator member to provide a balanced configuration so that said handle and actuator member may be manually and simultaneously grasped by a first hand of said user in a manner that said release mechanism may be actuated and said collector removed in a balanced single handed operation.