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Motor vehicle servicing system

  • US 4,789,047 A
  • Filed: 07/22/1987
  • Issued: 12/06/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/22/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicle lubrication system including(a) a building structure;

  • (b) a motor vehicle servicing bay in said structure and a ground floor;

    (c) an elongate trench formed in said floor and having an opposed pair of parallel spaced side walls and a lower floor, said side walls being spaced a distance less than the spacing distance between corresponding wheels of the vehicle, whereby the vehicle can be positioned on said ground floor in straddling relation above the trench, said trench having a depth from said ground floor to said lower floor in the range of fourteen to twenty-eight inches;

    (d) a creeper for supporting a mechanic in a reclining position beneath the vehicle straddling said trench, said creeper including ground engaging wheels for moving said creeper over the lower floor;

    (e) an oil splash pan positioned in said trench for movement therealong beneath said vehicle;

    (f) oil removal means including(i) a wand positioned above said ground floor and shaped and dimensioned to be inserted by a mechanic standing on said ground floor through the oil dipstick tube of the vehicle into the oil sump of the vehicle, and(ii) suction means for drawing oil upwardly through said wand and out of the oil sump into an oil reservoir.

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