Out attachment

Claim 1

A drain spout for releasable attachment to an automotive crankcase oil drainage receptacle of the type having an upright collection tank and an upwardly opening funnel at the upper end of said tank, said spout comprising: an elongate upwardly opening trough including a depending flange at one end having a cylindrically curved slot entering the lower end of and extending upwardly through the flange with the concave side of the slot facing in the direction of said one spout end for mounting the spout on the rim of said receptacle funnel in a position of use wherein said funnel rim seats in said slot and the other end of the spout projects generally horizontally beyond said Rim with the bottom wall of said trough located above the level of said funnel rim, whereby said receptacle may be placed under an automobile elevated on a hoist in a position wherein said spout is located directly below the crankcase drain opening of the automobile to receive oil draining through the opening, and said trough being open at said one end only and having a bottom wall which slopes downwardly in the direction of said open end, whereby when said trough is mounted on said receptacle funnel, oil drains from said trough into said funnel.