Portable battery charger

• US 5,998,961 A
• Filed: 02/04/1999
• Issued: 12/07/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Audley Brown
• Original Assignee: Audley Brown
• Inventors: Brown, Audley
• Primary Examiner(s): Tso, Edward H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TOATLEY, GREGORY J
• Application Number:
  US09/244,387
• Time in Patent Office: 306 Days
• Field of Search: 320/105, 60/721, 290/1 A, D13/107
• US Class Current: 320/105
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/1415 with a generator driven by a prime mover other than the motor of a vehicle

Abstract

A new portable battery charger for jump-starting an engine of a disabled vehicle. The inventive device includes a main housing having a motor and a generator disposed therein. The main housing includes gasoline and oil intake portions in communication with the motor. A pair of cables extend outwardly from one of the side walls of the main housing. The pair of cables are in communication with the generator. The pair of cables each have a spring-loaded clip disposed on free ends thereof for operative coupling with positive and negative terminals of a battery.

Claims

1. A new portable battery charger for jump-starting an engine of a disabled vehicle comprising, in combination:

a main housing having a motor and a generator disposed therein, the main housing including gasoline and oil intake portions in communication with the motor, the motor having an exhaust tube extending outwardly of a back end of the main housing, the main housing having a removable air intake door, the air intake door allowing access to an air filter and an oil filter, the main housing having a pair of hangers disposed on opposing side walls thereof, the main housing having a carrying handle disposed on an upper wall thereof, the main housing having a power switch in communication with the motor, the main housing having a series of gauges on a front face thereof;

a pair of cables extending outwardly from one of the side walls of the main housing, the pair of cables being in communication with the generator, the pair of cables each having a spring-loaded clip disposed on free ends thereof for operative coupling with positive and negative terminals of a battery, the pair of cables wrapping around the pair of hangers in a non-operative orientation;

a pair of headlights extending outwardly from the front face of the main housing, the headlights being in communication with the generator, the pair of headlights having a power switch disposed within one of the side walls of the main housing.

2. A new portable battery charger for jump-starting an engine of a disabled vehicle comprising, in combination:

a main housing having a motor and a generator disposed therein, the main housing including gasoline and oil intake portions in communication with the motor;

a pair of cables extending outwardly from one of the side walls of the main housing, the pair of cables being in communication with the generator, the pair of cables each having a spring-loaded clip disposed on free ends thereof for operative coupling with positive and negative terminals of a battery.

3. The portable battery charger as set forth in claim 2 wherein the motor has an exhaust tube extending outwardly of a back end of the main housing.

4. The portable battery charger as set forth in claim 2 wherein the main housing has a removable air intake door, the air intake door allowing access to an air filter and an oil filter.

5. The portable battery charger as set forth in claim 2 wherein the main housing has a pair of hangers disposed on opposing side walls thereof.

6. The portable battery charger as set forth in claim 2 wherein the main housing has a carrying handle disposed on an upper wall thereof.

7. The portable battery charger as set forth in claim 2 wherein the main housing has a power activation means in communication with the motor.

8. The portable battery charger as set forth in claim 7 wherein the power activation means is a power switch.

9. The portable battery charger as set forth in claim 7 wherein the power activation means is a rip cord.

10. The portable battery charger as set forth in claim 2 wherein the main housing has a series of gauges on a front face thereof.

11. The portable battery charger as set forth in claim 2 and further including a pair of headlights extending outwardly from the front face of the main housing, the headlights being in communication with the generator, the pair of headlights having a power switch disposed within one of the side walls of the main housing.