Patent ID: 8360115

Claim:
A fuel transfer system for use with a motor vehicle of the type having a fuel tank and a fuel sending unit in the fuel tank for pumping fuel thorough a fuel line to the vehicle's engine, the fuel transfer system allowing fuel in the fuel tank to also be delivered to an auxiliary fuel vessel such as another fuel tank, a fuel container, or an engine powered machine, the fuel transfer system comprising: a fueling nozzle having a flow control valve for delivering the fuel to the auxiliary fuel vessel; a fuel fitting in the fuel line providing a fuel flow path from the fuel line to the fuel transfer system; an enclosure; a first fuel conduit connected with the fuel fitting and in communication with the enclosure; a fuel valve communicating with the first fuel conduit for controlling the flow of fuel in the fuel transfer system, the fuel valve located within the enclosure; and a flexible, second fuel conduit in communication with the first conduit at the enclosure and the fueling nozzle, the second fuel conduit and the fueling nozzle being stored within the enclosure when the fuel transfer system is not in use for allowing fuel in the fuel tank to be delivered into the auxiliary vessel, the fueling nozzle being removed from the enclosure and extending the second fuel conduit when the fuel transfer system is in use for allowing fuel in the fuel tank to be delivered into the auxiliary vessel.