Adjustable pump nozzle lever prop

Claim 2

An adjustable prop for insertion between the trigger lever of a gasoline or diesel oil delivery hose nozzle and the trigger lever guard of the nozzle, said prop including first and second elongated members including pairs of remote and adjacent ends, said adjacent ends of said members being supported relative to each other for relative longitudinal shifting of said members between lengthwise extended and retracted positions of said remote ends, means operative to releasably secure said members in adjusted shifted positions, means defining endwise outwardly opening and transversely extending generally parallel notches in said remote ends for embracingly receiving said lever and guard when said prop is interposed therebetween, one of said adjacent ends defining an endwise outwardly opening recess in which the other adjacent end is telescopingly engaged, said other adjacent end including a longitudinal slot, a J-shaped latch pin including generally parallel long and short legs joined at one pair of corresponding ends by means of a connecting member extending therebetween, said one adjacent end having one pair of transverse aligned bores formed therein opening inwardly into said recess from opposite sides thereof and aligned with said slot, said long leg extending through said bores and being slidingly received in said slot with the end of said long leg remote from said connecting portion projecting outwardly from one side of said one adjacent end and having an abutment supported therefrom, a compression spring disposed about said long leg intermediate said abutment and said one side of said one adjacent end, said connecting portion extending transversely of said slot outwardly of the other side of said one adjacent end, said one adjacent end including an additional bore formed therein paralleling said pair of bores and opening into said recess at one end and outwardly of said other side at the other end thereof, said short leg extending inwardly through said additional bore from said other side and projecting slightly into said recess, said other adjacent end portion including longitudinally spaced outwardly opening recesses formed therein selectively registrable with the inner end of said additional bore and in one of which recesses the free end of said short leg is received for retaining said members in adjacent shifted positions, said free end of said short leg being retractable outwardly of said recess upon inward displacement of said abutment toward said one side against the biasing action of said spring.

Claim 3

The combination of claim 1 wherein said prop includes a permanent magnet supported therefrom.

Claim 4

In combination with a service station fuel supply hose nozzle of the type including a trigger lever and a trigger guard generally paralleling said lever, a prop for disposition between said lever and guard, said prop including first and second elongated members including pairs of remote and adjacent ends, said adjacent ends of said members being supported relative to each other for relative longitudinal shifting of said members between lengthwise extended and retracted positions of said remote ends, means operative to releasably secure said members in adjusted shifted positions, means defining endwise outwardly opening transversely extending generally parallel notches in said remote ends for embracingly receiving said lever and guard when said prop is interposed therebetween, one of said adjacent ends defining an endwise outwardly opening recess in which the other adjacent end is telescopingly engaged, said other adjacent end including a longitudinal slot, a J-shaped latch pin including generally parallel long and short legs joined at one pair of corresponding ends by means of a connecting member extending therebetween, said one adjacent end having one pair of transverse aligned bores formed therein opening inwardly into said recess from opposite sides thereof and aligned with said slot, said long leg extending through said bores and being slidingly received in said slot with the end of said long leg remote from said connecting portion projecting outwardly from one side of said one adjacent end and having an abutment supported therefrom, a compression spring disposed about said long leg intermediate said abutment and said one side of said one adjacent end, said connecting portion extending transversely of said slot outwardly of the other side of said one adjacent end, said one adjacent end including an additional bore formed therein paralleling said pair of bores and opening into said recess at one end and outwardly of said other side at the other end thereof, said short leg extending inwardly through said additional bore from said other side and projecting slightly into said recess, said other adjacent end portion including longitudinally spaced outwardly opening recesses formed therein selectively registrable with the inner end of said additional bore and in one of which recesses the free end of said short leg is received for retaining said members in adjusted shifted positions, said free end of said short leg being retractable outwardly of said recess upon inward displacement of said abutment toward said one side against the biasing action of said spring.

Claim 5

In combination with a service station fuel supply hose nozzle of the type including a trigger lever and a trigger guard generally paralleling said lever, a prop for disposition between said lever and guard, said prop including first and second elongated members including pairs of remote and adjacent ends, said adjacent ends of said members being supported relative to each other for relative longitudinal shifting of said members between lengthwise extended and retracted positions of said remote ends, means operative to releasably secure said members in adjusted shifted positions, means defining endwise outwardly opening transversely extending generally parallel notches in said remote ends for embracingly receiving said lever and guard when said prop is interposed therebetween, one of said adjacent ends defining an endwise outwardly opening recess in which the other adjacent end is telescopingly engaged, said other adjacent end including a longitudinal slot, a J-shaped latch pin including generally parallel long and short legs joined at one pair of corresponding ends by means of a connecting member extending therebetween, said one adjacent end having one pair of transverse aligned bores formed therein opening inwardly into said recess from opposite sides thereof and aligned with said slot, said long leg extending through said bores and being slidingly received in said slot with the end of said long leg remote from said connecting portion projecting outwardly from one side of said one adjacent end and having an abutment supported therefrom, a compression spring disposed about said long leg intermediate said abutment and said one side of said one adjacent end, said connecting portion extending transversely of said slot outwardly of the other side of said one adjacent end, said one adjacent end including an additional bore formed therein paralleling said pair of bores and opening into said recess at one end and outwardly of said other side at the other end thereof, said short leg extending inwardly through said additional bore from said other side and projecting slightly into said recess, said other adjacent end portion including longitudinally spaced outwardly opening recesses formed therein selectively registrable with the inner end of said additional bore and in one of which recesses the free end of said short leg is received for retaining said members in adjusted shifted positions, said free end of said short leg being retractable outwardly of said recess upon inward displacement of said abutment toward said one side against the biasing action of said spring.

Claim 6

The combination of claim 3 wherein said prop includes a permanent magnetic supported therefrom.

Claim 7

In combination with a service station fuel supply hose nozzle of the type including a trigger lever and a trigger guard generally paralleling said lever, a prop for disposition between said lever and guard, said prop including first and second elongated members including pairs of remote and adjacent ends, said adjacent ends of said members being supported relative to each other for relative longitudinal shifting of said members between lengthwise extended and retracted positions of said remote ends, means operative to releasably secure said members in adjusted shifted positions, means defining endwise outwardly opening and transversely extending generally parallel notches in said remote ends for embracingly receiving said lever and guard when said prop is interposed therebetween, one of said adjacent ends defining an endwise outwardly opening recess in which the other adjacent end is telescopingly engaged, said other adjacent end including a longitudinal slot, said one adjacent end having an elongated latch pin supported therefrom for lengthwise shifting between first and second latching and unlatching positions and extending transversely through said recess and slidably received in said slot, means connected between said pin and one adjacent end yieldingly biasing said pin toward said first position, said pin and other adjacent end including coacting portions locking said first and second members in predetermined relatively extended positions when said pin is in said first position and inoperative to lock said first and second members in adjusted relatively extended position when said pin is in said second position, said pin extending transversely through said recess and being slidably received in said slot when said pin is in said first and second positions and all intermediate positions therebetween.

Claim 8

In combination with a service station fuel supply hose nozzle of the type including a trigger lever and a trigger guard generally paralleling said lever, a prop for disposition between said lever and guard, said prop including first and second elongated members including pairs of remote and adjacent ends, said adjacent ends of said members being supported relative to each other for relative longitudinal shifting of said members between lengthwise extended and retracted positions of said remote ends, means operative to releasably secure said members in adjusted shifted positions, means defining endwise outwardly opening and transversely extending generally parallel notches in said remote ends for embracingly receiving said lever and guard when said prop is interposed therebetween, one of said adjacent ends defining an endwise outwardly opening recess in which the other adjacent end is telescopingly engaged, said other adjacent end including a longitudinal slot, said one adjacent end having an elongated latch pin supported therefrom for lengthwise shifting between first and second latching and unlatching positions and extending transversely through said recess and slidably received in said slot, means connected between said pin and one adjacent end yieldingly biasing said pin toward said first position, said pin and other adjacent end including coacting portions locking said first and second members in predetermined relatively extended positions when said pin is in said first position and inoperative to lock said first and second members in adjusted relatively extended position when said pin is in said second position, said pin extending transversely through said recess and being slidably received in said slot when said pin is in said first and second positions and all intermediate positions therebetween.