Patent ID: 8201596

Claim:
A method of filling a fuel tank having a vapor outlet and a fuel inlet disposed adjacent a top surface of the fuel tank and a neck portion extending from the fuel inlet along a curvilinear path to a filling end, with a fuel including volatile organic compounds, the method comprising: providing a dispensing unit having an elongated flexible dispensing tube extending from the dispensing unit to a distal end and configured to introduce the fuel into the fuel tank; inserting the elongated flexible dispensing tube through the filling end of the neck portion, along the curvilinear path of the neck portion, and through the fuel inlet until the distal end of the flexible dispensing tube is disposed adjacent a bottom surface of the fuel tank; and introducing the fuel into the fuel tank adjacent a bottom surface of the fuel tank so that any fuel vapors formed during introduction of the fuel into the fuel tank are disposed adjacent the bottom surface of the fuel tank to limit exhaust of the fuel vapors through the vapor outlet during introduction of the fuel into the fuel tank.