Patent ID: 7588158

Claim:
A combination of an ergonomic handle and a locking fuel tank cap, the handle being pivotably engaged to a top surface of the cap and being lockably movable between a stowage position lying against a portion of the top surface of the cap and engaging against and activating a locking mechanism of the cap upon pivoting into such stowage position, and an upright functional position where the handle is positioned perpendicular to the cap, the handle comprising a planar A-shaped base section having a cutout therein overlying a lock of the locking mechanism of the cap and a horizontally disposed graspable top grip section wherein the planar A-shaped base section has a leg at each outer end edge of the planar A-shaped base section, each leg pivotably engaging the handle between spaced apart pivot flanges on the top surface of the cap, and wherein the cap is lockable and maintainable in position by a pair of spring steel foils, one spring steel foil being frictionally and compressibly engaged beneath each bottom leg of the planar A-shaped base portion.