Dip stick and housing therefor

Claim 1

A DIP STICK COMPRISING AN ELONGATE BLADE OF STRIP STOCK, AN ANNULAR CAP MEMBER HAVING A CENTER SLOT, THE BLADE END EXTENDING THROUGH THE SLOT AND ARRANGED COAXIAL WITH THE CAP MEMBER, A FINGER PIECE SECURED TO THE TOP OF THE CAP MEMBER AND TO SAID BLADE END, THEREBY ALSO SECURING SAID BLADE END TO THE CAP MEMBER, THE CAP MEMBER HAVING A PROTECTIVE DEPENDING FLANGED EDGE, A CYLINDRICAL SLEEVE MEMBER COAXIAL WITH SAID BLADE, AND DISPOSED ADJACENT THE BOTTOM OF THE CAP, A PAIR OF IDENTICAL DISHED WASHERS ENGAGED BACK TO BACK AND EACH HAVING A SLOT OF CONFIGURATION TO SLIDABLY ENGAGE UPON SAID BLADE, THE UPPER WASHER HAVING ITS CONCAVITY FACING UPWARD AND SEATING SAID SLEEVE MEMBER THEREIN, THE LOWER WASHER HAVING ITS CONCAVITY FACING DOWNWARD, THE WASHERS HAVING OFFSET FLANGED FORMATIONS ABOUT THEIR CIRCUMFERENCE AND FORMING BETWEEN THEM AN ANNULAR GROOVE WHEN SO ENGAGED, A RESILIENT O-RING IN THE GROOVE AND PROTRUDING SLIGHTLY RADIALLY OUTWARD FROM THE WASHERS, A DEFORMATION IN THE BLADE ENGAGING BENEATH THE LOWER WASHER AND SECURING SAID SLEEVE MEMBER AND WASHERS AGAINST AXIAL SLIDING AND IN ALIGNED ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE CAP MEMBER.