Multiple position fuel pump lever holding device

Claim 1

For use on a gas pump of the type having a fluid conveying handle, a nozzle, and a lever, wherein movement of the lever from a normally biased closed position serves to activate fluid flow through the handle and out of the nozzle, a lever holding device comprising: an integrally formed, one-piece member having an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion including a substantially hook-shaped arm structured and disposed to hang over and engage a top surface of the fluid conveying handle, said lower portion including an elongate element extending downwardly from said upper portion, a plurality of parallel fingers extending outwardly from said elongate element in substantially perpendicular relation thereto, said plurality of fingers disposed successively in spaced intervals relative to hook-shaped arm and each of said fingers being structured to supportably receive the lever on an upper exposed surface thereof, in one of a plurality of adjusted, open positions so as to achieve an adjusted rate of fluid flow out of the nozzle, said elongate element, and said parallel fingers defining a step construction, said elongate element progressively decreasing in width, measured between a front face and a rear face thereof, downwardly between each of said plurality of fingers which terminate in a step progression, and said elongate element being angled slightly inward towards the gas pump lever when the device is fitted to the handle and lever of the gas pump in such a manner that a biasing force exerted downwardly by the lever on one of said parallel fingers serves to maintain the device in a fixed, supported position on the fluid conveying handle to achieve one of said adjusted positions.