Patent ID: 6349752
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A fluid overflow and kick-back containment device adapted to be used with a mechanical fluid pump for filling a tank, said tank having a fillpipe and an air vent outlet comprising:a sink basin having sides, an open top and an inwardly downward-sloped bottom, a drain outlet disposed in said bottom of the sink basin, said drain outlet, in a portable design, having a seal or, in a built-in design, having a fillpipe attachment adapted to be attached to the fillpipe of the tank, a first air vent connection disposed on the sink basin for connecting to the air vent outlet of the tank, a second air vent for allowing air to be released out of the tank, a deflection shield for deflecting fluid that erupts out of the fillpipe, said deflection shield is hingedly mounted on the open top of the sink basin, said deflection shield further having a pump handle bed on one end and an air breather on an opposite end thereof, said pump handle bed extending downwardly toward the bottom of the sink basin and adjacent to the drain outlet, a flexible opening disposed on the pump handle bed and adjacent to the drain outlet, said flexible opening is adapted to be inserted with a nozzle of the mechanical pump, said nozzle protrudes through the opening and the drain outlet for filling the tank, and a drain cap disposed on top of the drain outlet, said drain cap further having a small drain hole for draining fluid that is expelled out of the air vent outlet of the tank and into the sink basin.