Fluent material handling – with receiver or receiver coacting mea – Combined
Reexamination Certificate
2001-03-05
2001-08-14
Douglas, Steven O. (Department: 3751)
Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting mea
Combined
C141S331000, C141S340000, C184S106000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06273155
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to oil collecting devices and more particularly pertains to a new oil collecting and draining device for easy transportation and depositing of oil drained from a vehicle.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of oil collecting devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, oil collecting devices 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. Nos. 4,802,599; 5,285,824; 956,399; 4,886,233; 5,402,837; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 351,394.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new oil collecting and draining device. The inventive device includes a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The top wall is generally divided into a first portion positioned adjacent to the back wall and a second portion positioned adjacent to the front wall. The top wall is collapsed toward the bottom wall and has a lowest point located in a central area of the first portion. The top wall has an aperture therein extending into an interior of the housing. The aperture is located in the central area of the first portion. A pipe is attached to the front wall and is in communication with an interior of the housing. A valve is positioned on the pipe for selectively opening or closing the pipe. A support structure supports the housing above a ground surface.
In these respects, the oil collecting and draining device 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 easy transportation and depositing of oil drained from a vehicle.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of oil collecting devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new oil collecting and draining device construction wherein the same can be utilized for easy transportation and depositing of oil drained from a vehicle.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new oil collecting and draining device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the oil collecting devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new oil collecting and draining device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art oil collecting devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The top wall is generally divided into a first portion positioned adjacent to the back wall and a second portion positioned adjacent to the front wall. The top wall is collapsed toward the bottom wall and has a lowest point located in a central area of the first portion. The top wall has an aperture therein extending into an interior of the housing. The aperture is located in the central area of the first portion. A pipe is attached to the front wall and is in communication with an interior of the housing. A valve is positioned on the pipe for selectively opening or closing the pipe. A support structure supports the housing above a ground surface.
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 oil collecting and draining device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the oil collecting devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new oil collecting and draining device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art oil collecting devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new oil collecting and draining device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new oil collecting and draining device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new oil collecting and draining device 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 oil collecting and draining device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new oil collecting and draining device 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 oil collecting and draining device for easy transportation and depositing of oil drained from a vehicle.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new oil collecting and draining device which includes a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The top wall is generally divided into a first portion positioned adjacent to the back wall and a second portion positioned adjacent to the front wall. The top wall is collapsed toward the bottom wall and has a lowest point located in a central area of the first portion. The top wall has an aperture therein extending into an interior of the housing. The aperture is located in the central area of the first portion. A pipe is attached to the front wall and is in communication with an interior of the housing. A valve is positioned on the pipe for
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