Abstract: A storage battery, such as for automotive applications, which employs a novel one piece low profile cover attachable to a conventional battery container. The cover includes two pairs of battery terminals for receiving pressure clamp battery cables ends or battery cable ends designed for attachment to side mount terminals. The cover also includes a movable handle which is an integral part of the cover and which is completely stowable in a recess in the cover.

Abstract: A vent cap for enclosing filler openings of a storage battery comprises a base terminating at a rim including a generally U-shaped channel and a cover, the periphery of which engages the channel of the base. The periphery of the cover is provided with an essentially planar face having a chamfered termination and a plurality of circumferentially spaced, secant-shaped portions formed therein. The inner and outer faces of the cover are provided with reliefed portions adjacent to the secant-shaped portions formed in the cover's periphery. The secant-shaped portions formed in the periphery of the cover and the reliefed portions formed in the inner and outer faces of the cover cooperate with the U-shaped channel to develop a series of apertures between the base and cover.