Patent ID: 7946317
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: F01M

Abstract:
1. A funnel assembly comprising: a perimeter wall having a frusto-conical shape and having an upper edge and a lower edge wherein a diameter of an interior bounded by said perimeter wall decreases from said upper edge to said lower edge, each of said upper and lower edges defining openings into the interior, said perimeter wall having an aperture extending therethrough, wherein a tool is extendable through said aperture to engage a drain bolt of an oil pan, said aperture being spaced from said upper and lower edges; a spout being integrally coupled to said lower edge and extending downwardly therefrom; and said aperture being defined by an inner edge, said inner edge configured such that the tool will be orientated perpendicular to the perimeter wall and said spout angled away from a vertical orientation when the tool is horizontally orientated.