Self service gas cap

Claim 1

In a gasoline pump elongated dispensing valve nozzle having a laterally spaced longitudinally extending lever guard and having a variable position lever movable toward and away from the lever guard for dispensing and interrupting gasoline flow from the nozzle in combination with a vehicle gasoline tank filler neck gas cap having circular outer and inner end portions and having a diametric or axial dimension freely received between said lever and the lever guard when the lever is moved toward gasoline dispensing position, the improvement comprising: a rectangular torque handle diametrically secured to the normally outward end surface of the gas cap, said torque handle having a recess in one surface capable of nesting an intermediate portion of said valve nozzle lever; a mounting handle, having opposite ends, diametrically spanning and secured at its respective ends to the normally inward disposed end of the gas cap, said mounting handle having a recess projecting toward the adjacent end of the gas cap; and, resilient material overlying the surfaces defining the recesses.