Patent ID: 6994529
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: F04B

Abstract:
1. An air compressor comprising: a compressor body having a first side, a second side opposite the first side and a pair of lateral sides that extend between the first and second sides, the compressor body including a base, a compressor and at least one air tank in fluid communication with the compressor, the compressor being an oil-less compressor having a piston that reciprocates along an axis, the air tank extending longitudinally so as to lie between the lateral sides or to form at least a portion of one or both of the lateral sides; a handle coupled to the first side of the compressor body and extending therefrom; wherein the compressor body is positionable in an operating position in which the compressor and the air tank are positioned generally horizontally so that the axis along which the piston reciprocates extends generally horizontally, the compressor body being further positionable in a transport position in which one of the compressor and the air tank is positioned above the other one of the compressor and the air tank so that the axis along which the piston reciprocates extends generally vertically; and wherein the compressor body and the handle are arranged such that the air tank is located between the compressor and the handle or the compressor is located between the air tank and the handle.