US 12,441,602 B2
Clip assembly for a fuel nozzle
Kharis Leroy Goodwin, Bridgeport, CT (US)
Filed by Kharis Leroy Goodwin, Bridgeport, CT (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/512,888.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/376,168, filed on Sep. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0092626 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. B67D 7/50 (2010.01)
CPC B67D 7/50 (2013.01) 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of maintaining a fuel nozzle in an activated position, the method comprising:
clamping a trigger mechanism of the fuel nozzle so that said trigger mechanism is in the activated position for a desired period, by way of a device comprising:
a clamp assembly having a first jaw portion and an opposing second jaw portion pivotably associated to each other by way of a arced crossbar so that the jaw portions move between an open position and a closed position, wherein said jaw portions are biased in the closed position for maintaining said trigger mechanism in the activated position and urged toward a handle of the fuel nozzle by way of teeth in the closed position, wherein the jaw portions provide a plurality of teeth pairs in a spaced apart arrangement.