Oil-drop catcher

Claim 1

AN OPEN-TOPPED CONTAINER ADAPTED TO HAVE A QUANTITY OF OIL-ABSORBENT MATERIAL DISPOSED THEREIN IN POSITION TO RETAIN DRIPPINGS FROM A LEAKY OIL SEAL AND THE LIKE, SAID CONTAINER BEING FORMED WITH OPPOSITELY OUT-TURNED ATTACHMENT TABS, ONE OF WHICH IS FIXEDLY SECURED AND THE OTHER HINGEDLY SECURED TO THE CONTAINER; A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY EXTENDING, LONGITUDINALLY ADJUSTABLE ATTACHMENT ARMS, AT THEIR RESPECTIVE OUTER ENDS EACH HAVING MEANS FOR ATTACHMENT TO THE UNDERFACE OF A VEHICLE ELEMENT OR THE LIKE, AND AT THEIR INNER ENDS EACH BEING COUPLED TO ONE OF SAID ATTACHMENT TABS; THE ATTACHMENT ARM WHICH IS COUPLED TO THE FIXED ATTACHMENT TAB BEING SECURED THERETO BY READILY DETACHABLE MEANS IN ORDER TO ENABLE REPLACEMENT OF OIL-ABSORBENT MATERIAL IN THE MOUNTED CONTAINER; AND THE OTHER ATTACHMENT ARM BEING COUPLED TO SAID HINGEDLY SECURED ATTACHMENT TAB BY BOLT MEANS UPSTANDING JOINTLY THROUGH AN APERTURE OF THE TAB, THROUGH A LONGITUDINAL SLOT FORMED IN THE ATTACHMENT ARM AND THROUGH A KEEPER AND NUT WHICH IS NON-ROTATABLY HELD BY THE KEEPER, SAID KEEPER BEING CHARACTERIZED BY OPPOSITELY CROOKED EDGES WHICH JOINTLY EMBRACE AND FORM A SLIDEWAY FOR THE ATTACHMENT ARM FOR LENGTHWISE ADJUSTMENT OF THE SAME.