Abstract: A funnel-like tapered containment vessel of flexible sheet material has its smaller end portion normally closed by a valve and its other end portion open to define a mouth. Such vessel has a large flat lip that can be positioned under the source of a leak of hazardous liquid such that the liquid falls on the lip and is conveyed into the vessel. The open end portion of the vessel has an inflatable cuff including a top arcuate part which, when inflated, holds the upper portion of the mouth of the vessel open. The cuff includes a separate bottom part extending around the margin of the lip and inflatable to form a raised rim to prevent runoff. The normally closed valved end portion of the vessel can be connected to a collapsible collection container such as by a hose having quick-connecting end fittings.

Abstract: A catching device for attachment to the rear of a truck or truck bed preferably for a dump truck arrangement, has a sheet member having attachment and fastening portions which, when suitably applied to the rear of the truck bed, generally prevents debris, rocks, stones, pebbles and the like from falling off a rear lip, shelf, or other truck bed structure upon which debris may accumulate, or for collecting debris that slips through the gap between the tail gate and onto the road or pour plate.

Abstract: A disposable oil absorbent pad assembly adapted for suspension under a vehicle to collect oil, grease and hydraulic fluids, comprises a bottom layer of a metallic screen material, an intermediate layer of insulating material and a top layer of oil absorbent material. A binder peripherally secures and interconnects the layers throughout their entire outer peripheries, and grommets extend through corner portions of the assembled layers adapted to receive fasteners for suspending the pad assembly from the underside of a vehicle.

Abstract: A lightweight, disposable absorbent mat is adapted for placement beneath a motor vehicle or machine to catch oil, grease and other drippings and comprises a generally rectangular base layer which is made up of an oil-impervious material, and a plurality of upper, oil-absorbent plies are interconnected to one another and superimposed on the base layer, the plies being made up of a highly absorbent paper or cellulose material. The plies of paper material are interconnected at spaced intervals and may be covered with an upper plastic layer which is perforated to permit any drippings to pass through the upper layer into the absorbent plies, the upper layer having an outer peripheral edge or edges sealed to the outer peripheral edges of the bottom layer to form a moisture barrier around the sides of the absorbent plies; and stiffener frame members may be interposed between the outer peripheral edges of the upper and base layers.

Abstract: Discharge of fluid and debris onto a roadway from between the closure member and the rear of a truck body is eliminated by the use of a collection trough mounted beneath the rear of the truck body and a pivotally mounted slide member which can be selectively positioned to cover the trough while functioning as an asphalt slide or to act as a retaining wall to deflect and retain water and debris within the trough.

Abstract: A disposable catch pan for catching and holding engine oil which leaks from the joint between the engine and the transmission housing is disclosed. In one embodiment the catch pan has an oil impervious shell and contains a medium providing a porous filling or a filling providing interstices. The filling serves to retard movement of the held oil. In another embodiment the catch pan is formed of absorbant material. This embodiment may also have an oil impervious shell.

Abstract: An oil collector includes a one-piece molded plastic unit defining a central recess and a quartet of substantially flat outwardly extending flexible arms. Each arm terminates in a rectangular magnet recess. A permanent magnet is disposed and retained within each magnet recess. An absorbent foam plastic cartridge is disposed within the central recess and serves to seal the central recess to a vehicle surface and acts to retain collected oil within the central recess.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus designed to catch drippings including three sheets, one formed from an absorbent, isotropically permeable material supported by a second sheet formed from an absorbent material for absorbing drippings. These two sheets further are supported by a third sheet that is liquid-resistant, one side of which is covered by a foil material, this foil-backed sheet further preventing liquid leakage. The three sheets are bonded together by a sealing ring, tape, or adhesive.

Abstract: Drips-catching mats for installation in combination with a minor proportion of a floor especially a garage floor beneath a motor vehicle to capture oil drippings therefrom. The mat essentially comprises generally horizontally extending laminar elements including: a base member highly-tenaciously bonded to the underlying floor environment; an oleophilic blotter member having a lower-tenacity attached to the base member whereby an oleo-laden blotter can be manually replaced with a fresh blotter without disrupting the high-tenacity flooring bond to the base member, the lower-tenacity attachment preferably comprising an oleo-resistant laminar adhesive; and visual indicator means to indicate when blotter replacement is necessary.

Abstract: A balancing device for a portion (2), rotable about a horizontal axis (4) in a frame and provided with a lever arm (21) fixedly connected to the portion (2) to be balanced, a spring member (26) by means of a pull-or press member (40) connected to the lever arm (21) in which the pull-or press member (40) is directed through an approx. fixed point (30') in the frame and whereby in the position wherein the center of gravity (20) of the part to be balanced is positioned precisely above the hinge pin, the direction of the pulling or pressing forces (40) extends in longitudial direction of the lever arm (4-32-30'), the spring (26) having a linear characteristic and being biassed in a special way, the balancing device being especially suited for a platform sideboard or a tilting cab.

Abstract: A vehicle having an internal combustion engine with a drip tray to collect exudate, the tray being adjustably secured beneath the engine and arranged so as to allow cooling air to pass between the engine and the tray, the position of the tray being adjustable to allow access for maintenance of the engine or removal of sump oil, and the tray preferably having means such as an absorbent pad therewith to stop undue splashing of liquids within the tray.

Abstract: A lipped cylindrical container having a pouring spout integrally formed therewith, which container is removably supported in a desired vertically spaced relationship on the lowest external surface portion of an automotive crankcase, to receive oil that drips therefrom. The container is removably supported from the crankcase by a number of elongate permanent magnets that are vertically adjustable relative to the container. Due to the vertical adjustment of the magnet, the container may be removably supported from the lower surface portion of a crankcase, irrespective of whether this portion is of a flat or curved configuration.