Patent Application
20170113911
The disclosure relates to capturing devices and more particularly pertains to a new capturing device for capturing fluid from a fluid leak.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a sign may be positioned on a support surface thereby facilitating the sign to be visible to an observer. The sign is positioned beneath a fluid leak. A funnel is hingedly coupled to the sign such that the funnel captures fluid from the fluid leak. A bag is removably coupled to the funnel such that the bag receives the fluid.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The sign 12 has a first panel 18 and a second panel 20. Each of the first panel 18 and the second panel 20 has a top end 22 and an outwardly facing surface 24. The outwardly facing surface 24 of each of the first panel 18 and the second panel 20 has indicia 26 printed thereon. Thus, the indicia 26 are visible to the observer. The indicia 26 comprise a visual alert for a slipping hazard. The visual alert may include an image 28 of a slipping person or the like. The visual alert may further include the words 30 “Caution Wet Floor” or the like.
A funnel 32 is provided and the sign 12 is hingedly coupled to the funnel 32. Thus, the funnel 32 may capture fluid 34 from the fluid leak 16. The funnel 32 has a bottom wall 36 and the bottom wall 36 has a lower surface 38, a front edge 40 and a back edge 42. The bottom wall 36 has an opening 44 extending therethrough. The opening 44 may have the fluid 34 pass therethrough.
The funnel 32 includes a first set of lobes 46 and a second set of lobes 48. Each of the first set of lobes 46 and the second set of lobes 48 is coupled to and extends downwardly from the lower surface 38. Each of the first set of lobes 46 is spaced apart from each other and is distributed along the front edge 40. Each of the second set of lobes 48 is spaced apart from each other and is distributed along the back edge 42.
The top end 22 of the first panel 18 is hingedly coupled to the first set of lobes 46. The top end 22 of the second panel 20 is hingedly coupled to the second set of lobes 48. A nozzle 50 is coupled to and extends downwardy from the lower surface 38 of the funnel 32. The nozzle 50 is aligned with the opening 44 such that the nozzle 50 may have the fluid 34 pass therethrough. The nozzle 50 has an inner surface 52 and a distal end 54 with respect to the funnel 32. The distal end 54 is open.
A bag 56 is removably coupled to the funnel 32 and the bag 56 may receive the fluid 34. A nipple 58 is fluidly coupled to the bag 56 and the nipple 58 has an outer surface 60. The nipple 58 is extended into the distal end 54 of the nozzle 50 thereby facilitating the bag 56 to receive the fluid 34. The outer surface 60 of the nipple 58 threadably engages the inner surface 52 of the nozzle 50 such that the bag 56 is retained on the funnel 32. The bag 56 extends downwardly from the funnel 32 when the nipple 58 is coupled to the nozzle 50. Additionally, the bag 56 is positioned between the first panel 18 and the second panel 20 when the nipple 58 is coupled to the nozzle 50.
In use, the nipple 58 is threadably coupled to the nozzle 50. The sign 12 is positioned beneath the fluid leak 16 such the funnel 32 collects the fluid 34. The bag 56 collects the fluid 34 such that the fluid 34 is inhibited from collecting on the support surface 14. Thus, bag 56 eliminates a slipping hazard created by the fluid 34 collecting on the support surface 14. The bag 56 is removed from the sign 12 and the bag 56 is emptied when the bag 56 is filled with the fluid 34. The bag 56 is coupled to the funnel 32 after the bag 56 has been emptied if the fluid leak 16 continues. The bag 56 is removed and emptied multiple times until the fluid leak 16 is repaired.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
