Patent ID: 7704578

Claim:
An article for use in vehicle refueling for a vehicle having a fuel filler port on a portion thereof, the article comprising: a disposable mat to be draped over the portion of the vehicle adjacent the fuel filler port; said disposable mat comprising a material absorbent of fuel; said disposable mat having a line of weakness therein defining a closed geometrically shaped removable portion to permit a user to selectively separate at least part of the closed geometrically shaped removable portion from adjacent portions of said disposable mat to create a correspondingly shaped internal opening in the disposable mat to be aligned with the fuel filler port; the line of weakness being discontinuous so as to define an attachment flap between said closed geometrically shaped removable portion and adjacent portions of said disposable mat; at least one weighted body temporarily coupled to said disposable mat to hold said disposable mat in position over the portion of the vehicle adjacent the fuel filler port.