US 11,807,421 B2
Fill nozzle pass through flame mitigation device for portable fuel container
Brad Ouderkirk, North Ogden, UT (US); E. Jex Heaton, North Ogden, UT (US); and Steven F. Brown, North Ogden, UT (US)
Assigned to SURECAN, INCORPORATED, North Ogden, UT (US)
Filed by SURECAN, INCORPORATED, North Ogden, UT (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/538,473.
Prior Publication US 2021/0047080 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 25/38 (2006.01); A62C 3/06 (2006.01); B65D 25/48 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 25/385 (2013.01) [A62C 3/065 (2013.01); B65D 25/48 (2013.01); B65D 2251/205 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel storage device comprising:
a portable container having a top portion, a bottom portion, and sidewalls extending between the top portion and the bottom portion such that the portable container defines an interior that is configured to hold fuel;
a neck extending from the top portion of the portable container, the neck comprising a bulge and a shelf molded into an interior of the neck;
a fill port configured to receive a fuel nozzle, the fill port being defined by the neck; and
a flame mitigation device (FMD) comprising a bendable rim and a barrier extending inward of the bendable rim, both the bendable rim and the barrier being removably positioned below the bulge and above the shelf of the neck,
wherein the FMD is snap fit between the bulge and the shelf of the neck;
wherein the FMD is configured to allow the fuel nozzle to flexibly deform the barrier when passing through the FMD; and
wherein the FMD is configured to flexibly constrict against the fuel nozzle when the fuel nozzle is inserted into the fill port and through the FMD to inhibit external debris from entering the interior of the portable container and to inhibit fuel from flowing back out of the fill port.