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An oil filter draining apparatus includes a bifurcated funnel with a first region defining an open top end and a second region defining a tapered spout. The apparatus further includes a plurality of channels formed within the support wall and extending downwardly to the spout and a rigid puncturing

An oil filter draining apparatus includes a bifurcated funnel with a first region defining an open top end and a second region defining a tapered spout. The apparatus further includes a plurality of channels formed within the support wall and extending downwardly to the spout and a rigid puncturing implement removably attached to the funnel and centrally aligned within the top end. Such a puncturing implement is anchored to the support wall and extends vertically up from the support wall and terminates at an axially opposed position from the spout. The puncturing implement is penetrable into one end of the existing filters and thereby causes oil to drain out therefrom while the existing filter is attached to the existing engine such that residual oil trapped within the existing filter is substantially drained before the existing filter is removed from the engine.

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What is claimed as new and what is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. An oil filter draining apparatus for discharging oil contained within an existing filter before the existing filter is removed from an existing engine, said oil filter draining apparatus comprising: a

What is claimed as new and what is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. An oil filter draining apparatus for discharging oil contained within an existing filter before the existing filter is removed from an existing engine, said oil filter draining apparatus comprising: a funnel having an open top end and a tapered spout terminating at a bottom most edge of said funnel, said funnel having a support wall formed substantially medially of said funnel and at a top entrance of said spout such that said top end and said spout are in fluid communication; a plurality of channels formed within said support wall and extending downwardly to said spout; and a puncturing implement removably attached to said funnel and centrally aligned within said top end, said puncturing implement being anchored to said support wall and extending vertically up from said support wall and terminating at an axially opposed position from said spout; wherein said puncturing implement is penetrable into one end of the existing filter and thereby causes oil to drain out therefrom while the existing filter is attached to the existing engine such that residual oil trapped within the existing filter is substantially drained before the existing filter is removed from the engine; wherein said puncturing implement comprises an elongated and rectilinear shaft having a first threaded outer section terminating above said support wall, said shaft further having a second threaded outer section juxtaposed subjacent to said first threaded outer section and being removably inserted into said support wall, said shaft being provided with a pair of rectilinear grooves traveling along a major longitudinal length of said first threaded outer section, said grooves being diametrically offset along opposed sides of said first threaded outer section such that residual oil contained within the existing oil filter is guided downwardly along separate paths and into said spout. 2. The oil filter draining apparatus of claim 1, wherein said support wall comprises: a plurality of coextensively shaped ribs flanging radially away from a center thereof, said ribs being monolithically formed with an interior surface of said funnel and disposed above said spout. 3. The oil filter draining apparatus of claim 1, wherein said plurality of channels are laterally spaced away from said second threaded outer section of said shaft. 4. The oil filter draining apparatus of claim 1, wherein said shaft has a distal end disposed above a top most edge of said spout. 5. The oil filter draining apparatus of claim 1, wherein said grooves extend inwardly towards a center of said shaft and along said second threaded outer section. 6. An oil filter draining apparatus for discharging oil contained within an existing filter before the existing filter is removed from an existing engine, said oil filter draining apparatus comprising: a funnel having a first region defining an open top end and further having a second region defining a tapered spout terminating at a bottom most edge of said funnel respectively, said funnel having a support wall formed substantially medially of said funnel and at a top entrance of said spout such that said top end and said spout are in fluid communication, said top end converging downwardly towards said spout; a plurality of channels formed within said support wall and extending downwardly to said spout; and a rigid puncturing implement removably attached to said funnel and centrally aligned within said top end, said puncturing implement being anchored to said support wall and extending vertically up from said support wall and terminating at an axially opposed position from said spout; wherein said puncturing implement is penetrable into one end of the existing filter and thereby causes oil to drain out therefrom while the existing filter is attached to the existing engine such that residual oil trapped within the existing filter is substantially drained before the existing filter is removed from the engine; wherein said puncturing implement comprises an elongated and rectilinear shaft having a first threaded outer section terminating above said support wall, said shaft further having a second threaded outer section juxtaposed subjacent to said first threaded outer section and being removably inserted into said support wall, said shaft being provided with a pair of rectilinear grooves traveling along a major longitudinal length of said first threaded outer section, said grooves being diametrically offset along opposed sides of said first threaded outer section such that residual oil contained within the existing oil filter is guided downwardly along separate paths and into said spout. 7. The oil filter draining apparatus of claim 6, wherein said support wall comprises: a plurality of coextensively shaped ribs flanging radially away from a center thereof, said ribs being monolithically formed with an interior surface of said funnel and disposed above said spout. 8. The oil filter draining apparatus of claim 7, wherein said plurality of channels are laterally spaced away from said second threaded outer section of said shaft. 9. The oil filter draining apparatus of claim 6, wherein said shaft has a distal end disposed above a top most edge of said spout. 10. The oil filter draining apparatus of claim 7, wherein said grooves extend inwardly towards a center of said shaft and along said second threaded outer section. 11. A method for draining oil from an existing filter, said method comprising the steps of: a. providing a funnel having a first region defining an open top end and further having a second region defining a tapered spout terminating at a bottom most edge of said funnel respectively; and b. removably attaching a rigid puncturing implement to said funnel by centrally aligning said puncturing implement within said top end; c. anchoring said puncturing implement to said funnel and extending said puncturing implement vertically up from generally said spout and terminating said puncturing implement at an axially opposed position from said spout; d. while the existing filter is attached to the existing engine, penetrating said puncturing implement into one end of the existing filter and thereby causing oil to drain out therefrom such that residual oil trapped within the existing filter is substantially drained; and e. removing the existing filter from the engine; wherein step b, further comprises the steps of: providing an elongated and rectilinear shaft having a first threaded outer section terminating above said second region; removably inserting a second threaded outer section of said shaft that is juxtaposed subjacent to said first threaded outer section of said shaft into said support wall; and downwardly guiding residual oil from the existing oil filter along separate paths and into said spout.