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Fuel filler cap for a model vehicle

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  • US 7,377,295 B2
  • Filed: 02/06/2006
  • Issued: 05/27/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A model vehicle fuel filler system, comprising:

  • a fuel tank secured to a model vehicle chassis, the model vehicle chassis being adapted for receiving a removable model vehicle body having a hole;

    a fuel tank opening extending from the fuel tank and aligned with a position of the hole in the vehicle body when the model vehicle body is received onto the model vehicle chassis,the opening having a rim tipped toward a lateral side of the model vehicle chassis such that the rim is at an angle to the horizontal when the model vehicle chassis is in a normal upright position, whereby a neck of a fuel filler bottle can be inserted from a lateral side of the model vehicle; and

    a pressurization tube establishing a communication pathway between an interior of the fuel tank and an interior portion of a muffler configured to be pressurized by a running engine.

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