New and used oil filter container with used filter removing means

Claim 1

In combination with a screw-on type oil filter including a generally cylindrical body having first and second ends and including first threaded connecting means at said first end for threaded connection with and unthreading connection from an oil filter mounting location including second threaded connecting means to be threadedly engaged by said first threaded connecting means, an oil catching and retaining container, said container including a tubular body having a first open end and a second closed end, said container being loosely removably telescopingly engaged over and readily rotatable relative to said cylindrical body from the second end thereof with said container body first end spaced outward from said cylindrical body first end and said container body second end spaced closely outward of said cylindrical body second end, said cylindrical body second end and said tubular body second end including coacting torque transfer means operatively engageable with and disengageable from each other upon shifting of said tubular body second end toward and away from, respectively, said cylindrical body second end and operable, only when operatively engaged with search other, to transfer rotational torque applied to said tubular body to said cylindrical body, said open first end of said tubular body including seal means for forming a fluid tight seal with oil filter mounting location, said tubular body being constructed of fluid imperious material and including a yieldingly axially compressible circumferentially extending portion thereof intermediate said first and second ends thereof.