Patent ID: 6692260
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A method of sampling and marketing automobile replacement fluids and services, the method comprising the steps of:receiving automobile service information; simultaneously sampling a plurality of automobile fluids, the simultaneous sampling including: providing a pump having a sampling tube and a first transparent display container releasably secured to said pump; placing the sampling tube into a dipstick access tube and in communication with a fluid reservoir, and pumping a sample of actual fluid of a first type through the sampling tube and into said first display container; removing said first transparent container from said pump; providing a second transparent container with a sample of new fluid of said first type; comparing said sample of actual fluid of said first type with said sample of new fluid of said first type; determining whether said first type of fluid in the automobile should be replaced; placing a syringe within a fluid reservoir containing a second type of automobile fluid; removing a sample of the second type of fluid from the fluid reservoirs; and placing the sample of the second type of fluid into a third transparent display container; providing a fourth transparent container with a sample of new fluid of the second type; comparing the sample of actual fluid of the second type with the sample of new fluid of the second type; and determining whether the second type of fluid in the automobile should be replaced; and wherein the first and second containers are displayed side-by-side with one another and the third and fourth containers are displayed side-by-side with one another on a common display.