Fluid collector and multipackage system

Claim 2

A multipackage comprising an odd numbered plurality of oil cans containing fluid, a used-oil collector and a carrier device, said collector comprising a can of substantially the same size and external configuration as one of said oil cans, said oil cans and said collector arranged in a pattern of parallel rows and ranks perpendicular to said rows, said carrier device comprising a member holding said oil cans and said collector together in a unitary package capable of being carried by a person, said can of said collector having a manually removable and resealable cover and a flexible bag folded therewithin, said can of said collector having a cover rim ring member, the inner periphery of which is adjacent to the inner periphery of the sidewall of said can of said collector, said cover being formed to fluid seal said can of said collector about said rim thereof, the open end of said bag secured about the rim of said can of said collector in a fluid sealed relationship therewith and independently of said cover, a sidewall portion of said can of said collector having a cover being manually removable to permit the major portion of said bag which extends from said open end thereof to be manually drawn from the interior of said can in a fluid receiving relationship to said open end of said bag, and said bag having a capacity at least as large as the total volume of said plurality of oil cans.

Claim 3

A multipackage as defined in claim 1, wherein said member of said carrier device comprises a plurality of annular bands integrally interconnected in a pattern of rows and ranks corresponding to the pattern of said oil cans and said collector, said bands formed of a resilient elastic material and each of said bands having an initial inner peripheral dimension less than the outer circumferential dimension of said oil cans and said collector, and each of said bands being mounted in a stretched circumferentially embracing condition about one of said oil cans and collector.

Claim 4

In a disposable used-oil collector for collecting oil draining from the oil drain outlet of the oil pan of a vehicle in which the collector comprises a bag and a funnel, the improvement of said collector comprising a container having a substantially closed sidewall and base capable of supporting said container in an upright condition upon the ground and below the oil drain outlet of the oil pan of a vehicle from which oil is intended to be collected and having an upper open end of an area substantially equal to the transverse cross-sectional area of said container and a height less than the distance from the ground to the oil drain outlet of the oil pan of a vehicle from which oil is intended to be collected, a flexible bag having one open end and an internal volume at least two times greater than the volume of said container, said flexible bag disposed in a collapsed condition in said container upon said base, an annular cover securing rim ring, the outer periphery of said annular cover securing rim ring being seamed onto the upper end of said sidewall of said container with the open end of said bag disposed therebetween to fix the open end of said bag to the upper open end of said container, a cover closure, the inner periphery of said annular cover securing rim ring being formed to receive said cover closure secured in a fluid sealed relationship over the upper open end of said container and said one open end of said bag, said cover closure and said inner periphery of said annular cover securing rim ring being formed to permit removal of said cover closure and manual reapplication to said container to seal said one open end of said bag, and a sidewall portion of said container including a removable cover being manually removable to permit the major portion of said bag below said one open end to be manually drawn from said container in a fluid receiving relationship to said one open end of said bag after manual removal of said sidewall portion cover.

Claim 5

In a disposable used-oil collector for collecting oil draining from the oil drain outlet of the oil pan of a vehicle in which the collector comprises a bag and a funnel, the improvement of said collector comprising a container having a substantially closed sidewall and base capable of supporting said container in an upright condition upon the ground and below the oil drain outlet of the oil pan of a vehicle from which oil is intended to be collected and having an upper open end of an area substantially equal to the transverse cross-sectional area of said container and a height less than the distance from the ground to the oil drain outlet of the oil pan of a vehicle from which oil is intended to be collected, a flexible bag having one open end and an internal volume at least two times greater than the volume of said container, said flexible bag disposed in a collapsed condition in said container upon said base, an annular cover securing rim ring, the outer periphery of said annular cover securing rim ring being seamed onto the upper end of said sidewall of said container with the open end of said bag disposed therebetween to fix the open end of said bag to the upper open end of said container, a cover closure, the inner periphery of said annular cover securing rim ring being formed to receive said cover closure secured in a fluid sealed relationship over the upper open end of said container and said one open end of said bag, said cover closure and said inner periphery of said annular cover securing rim ring being formed to permit removal of said cover closure and manual reapplication to said container to seal said one open end of said bag, and a sidewall portion of said container including a removable cover being manually removable to permit the major portion of said bag below said one open end to be manually drawn from said container in a fluid receiving relationship to said one open end of said bag after manual removal of said sidewall portion cover.

Claim 6

A disposable used-oil collector as defined in claim 3, wherein said bag is shaped as an elongated tube of substantially uniform transverse width.

Claim 7

A disposable used-oil collector as defined in claim 4, wherein the circumferential dimension of said bag in a transverse direction is substantially equal to the circumferential dimension of said upper open end of said container.

Claim 8

A disposable used-oil collector as defined in claim 3, wherein said bag is formed of a resilient, elastic plastics material.

Claim 9

A disposable used-oil collector as defined in claim 3, wherein the sidewall of said container is formed of a paperboard material, and said sidewall portion cover comprising a weakened manually frangible area of said sidewall of said container.