Transparent oil monitoring and maintenance cover

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first preferred embodiment according to the inventions hereof;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof; the right side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the apparatus of FIG. 1 engaged with a roller assembly having an interior tubular mount shown in broken lines therefore;

FIG. 7 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a second preferred embodiment according to the inventions hereof;

FIG. 9 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 12 is a left side view thereof; the right side being a mirror image thereof.

The broken lines in the drawings depict unclaimed environmental subject matter.

The present design is a transparent oil monitoring and maintenance cover for being retained so as to block fluid passage from an oil reservoir within a tubular mount. While in-place, the invention allows for viewing of the reservoir contents and has an access port for supplying the reservoir with oils there through. The access port may in some preferred embodiments be threaded to receive a threaded plug or otherwise plugged.

Claims

The ornamental design for a transparent oil monitoring and maintenance cover, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D666227
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 17, 2011
Date of Patent: Aug 28, 2012
Inventor: Ronald J. Kile (Rosalia, WA)
Primary Examiner: Patricia Palasik
Attorney: Parsons & Goltry
Application Number: 29/374,469
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