US 5,845,809 AGranted

Protective cover for a compressed gas bottle

OwnerJames Kelly Garrett, Jimmy J. Pease +1inventors

InventorsJames Kelly Garrett, Jimmy J. Pease, Michael B. Pearl

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Abstract

A cover for placement on a compressed gas bottle is dimensioned to closely conform to the shape and size of a top section of a compressed gas bottle with a control valve assembly installed thereon. The cover preferably includes a shell having first and second shell members connected by a living hinge, a plurality of clasps for holding the first and second shell members together in a closed configuration of the shell and a handle for carrying the cover and a compressed gas bottle to which it is closed upon. The upper portion of each of the first and second shell members are preferably lined with a resiliently compressible foam for cushioning against a control valve assembly of a compressed gas bottle. In a preferred embodiment of the cover, each of the first and second shell members has at least one friction band of a rubber or elastomeric material disposed therein for compressibly contacting a compressed gas bottle and thereby resisting slippage of the cover with respect to the compressed gas bottle. Feet may optionally be provided on the shell opposite the handle, to provide an abutment with a resting surface so as to resist rolling of the cover when it is placed sideways on the resting surface.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A cover for being installed in a tightly engaged fit with respect to an upper section of a compressed gas bottle, protectively inclusive of a control valve assembly thereof, said cover comprising:

a shell comprising:
a first shell member having an inner side, an outer side and a first top component;
a second shell member having an inner side, an outer side and a second top component;
and
hinge means for pivotally connecting together said first and second shell members, wherein said first and second shell members are pivotable on said hinge between an open configuration of the shell and a closed configuration of the shell, wherein said shell has a closed top formed by conjoinder of said first and second top components when said shell is in said closed configuration, and wherein said shell has an open bottom when said shell is in said closed configuration;
friction band means affixed to said inner side of said first and second shell members for compressible abutting a compressed gas bottle disposed in said shell when said shell is in said closed configuration so as to resist slippage of said cover with respect to the compressed gas bottle, wherein said shell is held to the compressed gas bottle only by action of the compressible abutment of said shell with respect to the compressed gas bottle;
and
means for selectively holding said first and second shell members in said closed configuration.

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