Patent ID: 6308746
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B62J

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising a circular cuff that is temporarily placed on top of an opening of a motorcycle gas tank or over a metal nozzle of a standard gasoline pump, during a filling of the gas tank, after the nozzle is through the cuff the user can visually verify a distance the nozzle protrudes out of an opposite end of the cuff, the apparatus provides pressure against a corrugated rubber hose that surrounds the metal nozzle, the apparatus further prevents under-filling of the gas tank by averting an automatic shut-off feature of the gasoline pump until the gas tank is actually full, the circular cuff comprising:a top portion that accepts the metal nozzle but blocks passage of the corrugated rubber hose;an outer wall that provides structural support to the cuff, wherein a circumference of the outer wall is greater than a circumference of the rubber hose and of the opening to the gas tank;an inner core that allows passage of the metal nozzle through the apparatus; and,a lower portion that forms a temporary seal with the opening of the gas tank; wherein, the circular cuff prevents gasoline fumes from escaping out of the gas tank and into the atmosphere, provides a sufficiently low build up of pressure inside the motorcycle gas tank so that the automatic shut-off feature of the gasoline pump is prevented from activating until the motorcycle gas tank is actually full, but also ensures the automatic shut-off feature is activated before gasoline overflows out of the motorcycle gas tank.