Patent ID: 6170586
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: F16N

Abstract:
An attachable fluid absorbent pad for attachment under a motor vehicle having an irregular surface and parts about which tethers may be wrapped, for receiving dripping fluids from the motor vehicle, comprising:(a) a flexible absorbent pad having a top and bottom side, first and second opposite edges, and third and fourth opposite edges, wherein the pad is heat resistant, quilted and sized so it can be molded to cover a fluid leak in a motor vehicle;(b) a plastic outer sheet bonded to the bottom side of the absorbent pad, wherein the outer sheet is water and oil resistant;(c) first, second, third and fourth folded peripheral edges wherein each border is formed from the plastic sheet and folded around each of the four absorbent pad's edges and bonded to the absorbent pad;(d) a first wire disposed through the first folded edge to fasten the pad to a first side of a leak;(e) a second wire disposed through the second opposing folded edge to fasten the pad to a second side of a leak; and(f) at least one elastic member disposed in at least one folded edge, to mold the absorbent pad and the outer sheet to the irregular surface of the motor vehicle which is dripping.