Patent ID: 7802704

Claim:
A gasoline can for the storage of fuel, comprising: a container having a top, bottom, front, rear and first and second sides, said front having an upper portion and said rear having an upper portion; a fuel entry aperture defined in said upper portion of said front of said container; a nozzle assembly having: means for engagement to said fuel entry aperture, said nozzle assembly having a storage mode and a use mode; a ball valve disposed above said nozzle assembly's means for engagement to said fuel entry aperture, said ball valve having a spherical portion and flattened first and second sides, said ball valve having a channel defined therethrough around which channel is defined a point of attachment; a nozzle having a length, a first end, a second end and an opening defined therethrough along said length, said nozzle being attached to said ball valve at said point of attachment, said opening aligned with said channel in said ball valve, said nozzle being able to be raised and lowered; first and second trunnions extending, respectively, from said first and second sides of said ball valve, a nozzle assembly lower portion formed as part of said means to engage said nozzle assembly to said container, said nozzle assembly lower portion having first and second trunnion seats for receiving, respectively, said first and second trunnions; and a nozzle assembly upper portion having first and second trunnion caps for engagement, respectively, over said first and second trunnions for holding said first and second trunnions such that said first and second trunnions are rotatable when said first and second ball valve trunnions are engaged, respectively, between said first and second trunnion seats and said first and second trunnion caps, said nozzle when lowered being in its storage mode, positioning said ball valve to block said fuel entry aperture in said container for sealing said container; and when said nozzle and attached ball valve are moved upwards to a use mode, said nozzle is raised to a point where its opening and aligned channel in said ball valve both align with said fuel entry aperture in said container for the outward pouring of fuel.