Patent ID: 8544606
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: F01M

Abstract:
1. An oil drainage apparatus for use with an engine having an oil pan and oil drainage port, said oil drainage apparatus, said oil drainage apparatus, comprising: a base member having a top surface and an opposed bottom surface, said base member having an outer tube member extending outwardly from said base member top surface and defining a channel having open upper and lower ends; wherein said outer tube member includes an exterior surface having a configuration complementary to a configuration of the oil pan drainage port so as to be removably coupled thereto; an inner tube positioned in said channel and having a closed upper end and an open lower end, said inner tube being movable in said channel between a retracted configuration in which said inner tube closed upper end is positioned inside said channel and said outer tube and an extended configuration in which said closed upper end extends beyond said channel open upper end; and wherein said inner tube defines at least one aperture adjacent said inner tube closed upper end configured to receive oil from the oil pan into said inner tube when said inner tube is at said extended configuration and to direct the oil through said channel lower end; a lever having one end pivotally mounted to said base member lower surface and a second end operatively coupled to said inner tube, said lever being movable between an unactuated configuration in which said inner tube is at said retracted configuration and an actuated configuration that moves said inner tube to said extended configuration; a fastener mounted to said base member bottom surface; wherein said lever includes a handle having a configuration complementary to a configuration of said fastener such that said handle is selectively engaged by said fastener when said lever is at said actuated configuration; and wherein said handle includes a length adjustable portion that is movable between a retracted configuration substantially adjacent said lever and an extended configuration substantially displaced from said lever, said handle being selectively engaged by said fastener when said handle is at said extended configuration.