Motor vehicles – Power – Underpans
Reexamination Certificate
2000-09-15
2002-04-30
Johnson, Brian L. (Department: 3618)
Motor vehicles
Power
Underpans
C184S106000, C296S038000, C220S573000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06378639
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an auxiliary oil drip pan for a vehicle and more particularly pertains to a new oil drip pan assembly for a vehicle for preventing oil from dripping onto the ground from a vehicle.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of an auxiliary oil drip pan for a vehicle is known in the prior art. More specifically, an auxiliary oil drip pan for a vehicle 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. 4,875,537; U.S. Pat. No. 4,577,713; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 363,944; U.S. Pat. No. 3,669,204; U.S. Pat. No. 2,618,351; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,750,775.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new oil drip pan assembly for a vehicle. The inventive device includes a bracket member being adapted to securely attached to an undercarriage of a vehicle; and also includes a receptacle being removably fastened to the bracket member; and further includes an oil absorbent member being removably supported upon the receptacle for absorbing oil being dripped about an oil pan or from gaskets in the engine; and also includes a screen member being securely and removably disposed upon the receptacle to securely retain the oil absorbent member upon the receptacle.
In these respects, the oil drip pan assembly for a vehicle 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 preventing oil from dripping onto the ground from a vehicle.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of an auxiliary oil drip pan for a vehicle now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new oil drip pan assembly for a vehicle construction wherein the same can be utilized for preventing oil from dripping onto the ground from a vehicle.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new oil drip pan assembly for a vehicle which has many of the advantages of the auxiliary oil drip pan for a vehicle mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new oil drip pan assembly for a vehicle which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art an auxiliary oil drip pan for a vehicle, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a bracket member being adapted to securely attached to an undercarriage of a vehicle; and also includes a receptacle being removably fastened to the bracket member; and further includes an oil absorbent member being removably supported upon the receptacle for absorbing oil being dripped about an oil pan or from gaskets in the engine; and also includes a screen member being securely and removably disposed upon the receptacle to securely retain the oil absorbent member upon the receptacle.
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 drip pan assembly for a vehicle which has many of the advantages of the auxiliary oil drip pan for a vehicle mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new oil drip pan assembly for a vehicle which is not anticipated,.rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art an auxiliary oil drip pan for a vehicle, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new oil drip pan assembly for a vehicle which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new oil drip pan assembly for a vehicle which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new oil drip pan assembly for a vehicle 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 drip pan assembly for a vehicle economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new oil drip pan assembly for a vehicle 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 drip pan assembly for a vehicle for preventing oil from dripping onto the ground from a vehicle.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new oil drip pan assembly for a vehicle which includes a bracket member being adapted to securely attached to an undercarriage of a vehicle; and also includes a receptacle being removably fastened to the bracket member; and further includes an oil absorbent member being removably supported upon the receptacle for absorbing oil being dripped about an oil pan or from gaskets in the engine; and also includes a fire retardant screen member being securely and removably disposed upon the receptacle to securely retain the oil absorbent member upon the receptacle and to prevent fires from the captured oil.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new oil drip pan assembly for a vehicle that essentially protects the environment by preventing oil from dripping on the ground and getting into the underground water supply.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new oil drip pan assembly for a vehicle that is easy and convenient to install to the undercarriage of the vehicle.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which ch
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