Discharge spout

Claim 1

A DISCHARGE SPOUT OF MOLDED ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL FOR USE WITH A GASOLINE PUMP NOZZLE OF THE AUTOMATIC SHUT-OFF TYPE TO DISCHARGE GASOLINE INTO A VEHICLE TANK WITH ONE END OF SAID SPOUT BEING ATTACHED TO SAID NOZZLE AND THE OPPOSITE END BEING THAT FROM WHICH THE GASOLINE IS DISCHARGED, SAID SPOUT HAVING A GENERALLY CURVED CONFIGURATION ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF, MEANS ON ONE END OF SAID SPOUT FOR ATTACHMENT TO SAID NOZZLE, AN AXIALLY EXTENDING OPENING OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM SIZE EXTENDING THROUGH THE LENGTH OF SAID SPOUT, A RIGID METAL INSERT IN THE INTERIOR OF SAID OPENING WITH A PORTION OF THE INSERT ADJACENT THE DISCHARGE END OF SAID SPOUT BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SEMI-CIRCULAR IN CROSS SECTION AND POSITIONED ALONG THE CURVED INNER SURFACE TO FORM A LINING THEREFOR, THE INSERT BEING RECESSED INTO THE ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL SUFFICIENTLY TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH SUBSTANTIALLY UNOBSTRUCTED SURFACE OF SAID OPENING, THE METAL INSERT TERMINATING SHORT OF THE DISCHARGE END OF SAID OPENING, A PLURALITY OF SPACED, CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING RIBS ON THE INNER CURVED PORTION OF THE SPOUT AND A SECOND OPENING EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID SPOUT INTO THE AXIALLY EXTENDING OPENING OF SAID SPOUT THROUGH WHICH A PORTION OF THE NOZZLE EXTENDS TO FIX THE POSITION THEREOF, WHEREBY A RIGID SPOUT OF CURVED CONFIGURATION OF RESILIENT MATERIAL IS PROVIDED TO PREVENT MARRING OF THE VEHICLE SURFACES BY CONTACT WITH THE SPOUT AND ALSO SUPPORT THE NOZZLE AND SPOUT IN THE DESIRED POSITION IN THE FILLER NECK OF THE VEHICLE TANK.