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The present invention provides a motor oil change kit, especially for use by do-it-yourselfers, in which all that is needed for conveniently and cleanly changing the oil may be packaged together in a way that increases the chances that the motorist will not become intimidated by the project, but bec

The present invention provides a motor oil change kit, especially for use by do-it-yourselfers, in which all that is needed for conveniently and cleanly changing the oil may be packaged together in a way that increases the chances that the motorist will not become intimidated by the project, but become habituated to this way of getting the oil changed, and that increases the chances that the motorist will unerringly bring the used oil to an authorized collection facility. Four types of kit are shown, each with its own advantages, but with many features in common. Each provides a closeable container of new oil, a collector for used oil, and a convenient system for either closing the container used for collecting the used oil, or for transferring the used oil from the collector to the emptied closeable container in which the new oil had been contained.

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A do-it-yourselfer\s oil catch pan, for use with a jug of new oil sufficient to fill or at least substantially fill the engine oil reservoir of a pre-selected motor vehicle to its proper level, in an instance where the jug has an opening provided with an openable and closable closure cap, said oil c

A do-it-yourselfer\s oil catch pan, for use with a jug of new oil sufficient to fill or at least substantially fill the engine oil reservoir of a pre-selected motor vehicle to its proper level, in an instance where the jug has an opening provided with an openable and closable closure cap, said oil catch pan, comprising: a self-supporting container sized and configured to be slid on the ground to a position under a motor vehicle crankcase and having a bottom wall and a peripheral sidewall with a top opening for receiving used oil drained from the crankcase; said bottom wall of said container having means providing at least one seating surface thereon, each such seating surface being cooperable with said jug for enabling the oil catch pan to be seated on the jug in overlying relation thereto when the jug is upright, uncapped and has been emptied of new oil; said bottom wall of said container having means defining an oil drain aperture formed therethrough; said bottom wall sloping downwards toward said oil drain aperture; at least one said seating surface being located distally of said oil drain aperture and being constructed and arranged to be supported upon a corresponding top portion of the jug distally of said opening of said jug; a closure member for said oil drain aperture, said closure member being selectively and removably positionable in obstructing relation to said oil drain aperture to block flow of used oil through said oil drain aperture; said oil drain aperture being constructed and arranged to register with said opening in the jug when the oil catch pan is seated on the jug in overlying relation thereto with the jug in an upright, uncapped, emptied of new oil disposition, for enabling used oil which has been drained into the oil catch pan from the preselected motor vehicle through said top opening to be transferred from the oil catch pan to the jug upon manipulation of said closure member to unblock said oil drain aperture, thereby making it unnecessary to pour the used oil out of the oil catch pan through said top opening by tilting or tipping the oil catch pan, so that the used oil may be drained from the oil catch pan into the jug and the jug re-capped for transporting the used oil to a disposal site without spillage; said removing member being a gripping member which is constructed and arranged to extend to a level which lies above the level of the used oil in the oil catch pan; and said gripping member comprising a cap constructed and arranged to openably and reclosably cap the jug, and a rod securing that cap to said closure member.