Outdoor torch safety cap

Abstract

An outdoor torch safety cap including a pair of interlocked telescoping cylinders, a platform formed on the end of inner cylinder, an inner disc formed on the interior surface of the outer cylinder, multiple spaced tabs formed on the platform and on the inner disc, a compression spring disposed between the cylinders such that when the spring is compressed the tabs on the platform come into contact with the tabs on the inner disc to facilitate rotation of the inner cylinder, and an inner disc formed on the interior of the inner cylinder to prevent the escape of fuel when the safety cap is tightened over the fuel opening formed in the container top of an outdoor torch.

1 . An outdoor torch safety cap comprising telescoping outer and inner cylinders, a platform secured to one end of said inner cylinder, an inner disc secured to the inner surface of said outer cylinder intermediate the ends thereof, at least one hook upstanding from one side of said platform, an aperture formed in said inner disc, a compression spring disposed between said platform and said inner disc, and said hook extending through said aperture. 
     
     
         2 . A safety cap according to  claim 1  wherein a first tab is disposed on the periphery of said one side of said platform. 
     
     
         3 . A safety cap according to  claim 2  wherein a second tab is disposed on said inner disc on the side facing said one side. 
     
     
         4 . A safety cap according to  claim 3  wherein said first and second tabs are disposed in an overlapping relationship. 
     
     
         5 . A safety cap according to  claim 1  wherein a finger  5  is formed on the free end of said hook 
     
     
         6 . A safety cap according to  claim 5  wherein said finger overlaps said inner disc around the periphery of said aperture. 
     
     
         7 . A safety cap according to  claim 1  wherein an aperture is formed in said outer cylinder and an S-shaped hook is disposed in said aperture formed in said outer cylinder. 
     
     
         8 . A safety cap according to  claim 2  wherein multiple equally spaced tabs are disposed on the periphery of said one side of said platform. 
     
     
         9 . A safety cap according to  claim 8  wherein multiple equally spaced tabs are disposed on said inner disc and face said one side. 
     
     
         10 . A safety cap according to  claim 1  wherein multiple hooks extend upwardly from said platform. 
     
     
         11 . A safety cap according to  claim 1  wherein an impermeable inner disc is formed on the inner surface of said inner cylinder. 
     
     
         12 . A safety cap according to  claim 11  wherein said inner cylinder is interiorly threaded intermediate said impermeable inner disc and the end thereof opposite said platform.