Battery jump-start safety system and process

• US 6,140,796 A
• Filed: 07/24/1998
• Issued: 10/31/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Martin Safety Products Co.
• Original Assignee: Martin Safety Products Co.
• Inventors: Martin, Kimberly Beth, Martin, Kenneth Stanley
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Peter S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Toatley, Jr., Gregory J.
• Application Number:
  US09/122,514
• Time in Patent Office: 830 Days
• Field of Search: 439/500, 439/501, 439/502, 439/503, 439/504, 439/505, 439/506, 320/103, 320/104, 320/105, 40/316
• US Class Current: 320/105
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 11/24 with gripping jaws, e.g. crocodile clip
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/60 Means for supporting coupling part when not engaged

Abstract

A battery jump-start safety system and process comprising a plurality of color-coded and enumerated instructional labels and a summary label, each such label being adapted for attachment to conventional jumper cables, each such instructional label being designed to be positioned adjacent the portion of the jumper cable to be used during the process of jump-starting a dead battery. A protective bag designed for storing jumper cables and placement over a dead battery to be jump-started and comprising a pocket made of a flexible, durable material, such as leather, vinyl, or other suitable material, means for closing the pocket, and safety instructions printed on said pocket pertaining to the jump-starting of the dead battery and placement of the bag over the dead battery to be jump-started.

Claims

1. A process for jump-starting a car having a dead battery with the aid of a car having a good battery, comprising:

consulting an instructional label attached near a first clamp of battery jumper cables and following the instructions on said instructional label to clamp the first clamp on a battery terminal;

placing a protective material over the dead battery;

consulting another instructional label attached near a second clamp of the battery jumper cables and following the instructions on said another instructional label to clamp the second clamp on another battery terminal;

consulting still another instructional label near a third clamp of the battery jumper cables and following the instructions on said still another instructional label to clamp the third clamp on still another battery terminal;

consulting yet another instructional label attached near a fourth clamp of the battery jumper cables and following the instructions on said yet another instructional label to clamp the fourth clamp on a suitably grounded object of the car having a dead battery;

starting the car with the good battery; and

starting the car with the dead battery,

wherein the protective material comprises a protective bag for storing the jumper cables and placement over the dead battery to be jump-started, the bag comprising;

a pocket made of a flexible, durable material for storing the jumper cables, means for closing the pocket, and safety instructions printed on the pocket pertaining to the jump-staring of a dead battery and placement of the bag over the dead battery to be jump-started.

2. A battery jump-start safety system comprising:

a plurality of instructional labels adapted for attachment on jumper cables, ones of said labels being designed to be positioned adjacent that portion of the jumper cables to be used in accordance with said ones of said labels adjacent said portion during the process of jump-starting a dead battery; and

a battery cover member for placement over the dead battery to minimize the possibility of injury in the event of explosion of the dead battery,

wherein said battery cover member further functions as a jumper cable storage member.

3. A battery jump-start safety system comprising:

a plurality of instructional labels adapted for attachment on jumper cables, ones of said labels being designed to be positioned adjacent that portion of the jumper cables to be used in accordance with said ones of said labels adjacent said portion during the process of jump-starting a dead battery; and

a battery cover member for placement over the dead battery to minimize the possibility of injury in the event of explosion of the dead battery,

wherein said battery cover member further functions as a jumper cable storage bag.

4. A battery jump-start safety system comprising:

a battery safety cover, for placement over the dead battery during a time of a process of jump-starting a battery, to minimize the possibility of injury in the event of explosion of the dead battery,

said safety cover having safety instructions printed thereon relating to the process for jump-starting the dead battery,

wherein said battery safety cover includes a jumper cable storage bag, for providing a storage place for the jumper cables during a time other than during a process of jump-starting a battery.

5. A battery jump-start safety system comprising:

a set of jumper cables;

a plurality of instructional labels attached on said jumper cables, said labels being positioned adjacent portions of said jumper cables to be used in accordance with said labels adjacent said portion during the process of jump-starting a dead battery; and

a battery cover member for placement over the dead battery to minimize the possibility of injury in the event of explosion of the dead battery during the process of jump-starting the dead battery,

wherein said battery cover member further functions as a storage bag for said set of jumper cables.