Marine propulsion – Means for accomodating or moving engine fluids – Cooling for engine
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-23
2001-03-27
Sotelo, Jesus D. (Department: 3716)
Marine propulsion
Means for accomodating or moving engine fluids
Cooling for engine
C134S16900A
Reexamination Certificate
active
06206740
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a boat engine winterizing kit and more particularly pertains to a new inboard marine engine winterizing apparatus for drawing antifreeze solution in a marine engine for winter storage.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of boat engine winterizing kit is known in the prior art. More specifically, boat engine winterizing kit heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,263,885; U.S. Pat. No. 5,035,208; U.S. Pat. No. 1,962,932; U.S. Pat. No. 5,393,252; U.S. Pat. No. 4,619,618; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 307,172.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new inboard marine engine winterizing apparatus. The inventive device includes a container having a side wall, a slanted upper floor, a lower floor, an open top, a first and second compartments therein, a first opening into the first compartment and being closeable with a plug member, a second opening into the second compartment and being closeable with a plug member, and further includes a handle member moveably and securely attached to the container, a lid member closeable over the open end of the container; and also includes a pipe member having a threaded first end which is threaded into the first opening, a valve member disposed in the pipe member for controlling the flow of liquid from the first compartment, a hose coupling member having a water control valve member and being intergally attached to the pipe member and extending therefrom, a second end, and a flexible tubular member removeably mounted upon the second end.
In these respects, the inboard marine engine winterizing apparatus according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of drawing antifreeze solution in a marine engine for winter storage.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of boat engine winterizing kit now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new inboard marine engine winterizing apparatus construction wherein the same can be utilized for drawing antifreeze solution in a marine engine for winter storage.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new inboard marine engine winterizing apparatus which has many of the advantages of the boat engine winterizing kit mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new inboard marine engine winterizing apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art boat engine winterizing kit, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises includes a container having a side wall, a slanted upper floor, a lower floor, an open top, a first and second compartments therein, a first opening into the first compartment and being closeable with a plug member, a second opening into the second compartment and being closeable with a plug member, and further includes a handle member moveably and securely attached to the container, a lid member closeable over the open end of the container; and also includes a pipe member having a threaded first end which is threaded into the first opening, a valve member disposed in the pipe member for controlling the flow of liquid from the first compartment, a hose coupling member having a water control valve member and being intergally attached to the pipe member and extending therefrom, a second end, and a flexible tubular member removeably mounted upon the second end.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new inboard marine engine winterizing apparatus which has many of the advantages of the boat engine winterizing kit mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new inboard marine engine winterizing apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art boat engine winterizing kit, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new inboard marine engine winterizing apparatus which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new inboard marine engine winterizing apparatus which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new inboard marine engine winterizing apparatus which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such inboard marine engine winterizing apparatus economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new inboard marine engine winterizing apparatus which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new inboard marine engine winterizing apparatus for drawing antifreeze solution in a marine engine for winter storage.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new inboard marine engine winterizing apparatus which includes includes a container having a side wall, a slanted upper floor, a lower floor, an open top, a first and second compartments therein, a first opening into the first compartment and being closeable with a plug member, a second opening into the second compartment and being clos
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