Patent ID: 6935389

Claim:
A funnel assembly, comprising: a base including a bottom wall and sidewalls mounted about a periphery of said bottom wall and projecting upwardly therefrom; a cap including a top wall and sidewalls mounted about a periphery of said top wall and depending therefrom; said cap adapted to releasably engage said base; a collapsible funnel having a fully deployed configuration and a telescoped, storage configuration; said funnel having a conical shape including a wide upper end and a narrow lower end; a bias means associated with said funnel, said bias means being loaded when said funnel is in said storage configuration and said bias means being in repose when said funnel is in said deployed configuration; a central aperture formed in said bottom wall of said base; said funnel narrow end being mounted to said bottom wall of said base about said central aperture and said funnel projecting upwardly from said bottom wall when in its fully deployed configuration; a downspout formed integrally with said bottom wall of said base, said downspout being mounted to said bottom wall of said base about said central aperture and said downspout depending from said bottom wall of said base; said downspout having a lowermost end adapted to releasably engage a crankcase fill spout; said funnel being in said telescoped configuration when said cap is engaged to said base; and said funnel being in said fully deployed configuration when said cap is disengaged from said base.