Patent ID: 8662359

Claim:
A portable container for storing and transporting fuel, the fuel including volatile organic compounds, comprising: a fuel container portion including a top, a bottom, and four sides including a front side having an upper portion; a platform including a platform fuel passage and a platform air channel, the platform fuel passage and the platform air channel being in fluid communication with the fuel container portion; a nozzle assembly in removable-mechanical communication with the platform, the nozzle assembly including an adjustable nozzle assembly portion including a ball valve, and a nozzle assembly air channel substantially aligned with the platform air channel, wherein the platform is operative to couple the nozzle assembly to the upper portion of the front side of the fuel container portion; a nozzle coupled to the ball valve, the nozzle having a length; a nozzle fuel channel extending along the length of the nozzle and through the ball valve; and a nozzle air channel extending along the length of the nozzle and through the ball valve, wherein the ball valve is operative to rotate to a first position to move the nozzle fuel channel into alignment with the platform fuel passage, and to move the nozzle air channel into alignment with the nozzle assembly air channel, and wherein the ball valve is further operative to rotate to a second position to move the nozzle fuel channel out of alignment with the platform fuel passage, to move the nozzle air channel out of alignment with the nozzle assembly air channel, and, while in the second position, to block and seal the platform fuel passage and the nozzle assembly air channel, thereby substantially preventing escape of the volatile organic compounds from the fuel container portion to the atmosphere through the platform fuel passage and the nozzle assembly air channel.