Cap with flexible retaining means

摘要

A cap and cap arrangement for covering a necked opening preferably for use with fuel tank fill racks, the cap arrangement comprising: a cap, the cap having an open and a closed position; flexible retaining means for securing the cap to the neck in proximity to the opening, the flexible retaining means extending between the cap and the neck and arranged to provide a non-fixed pivot point in a plane laterally spaced from the cap and neck so that the cap pivots between its open and closed positions, and the cap having internal spring means positioned to engage the necked opening with sufficient tension to retain the cap in its closed position but to permit easy withdrawal of the cap upon application of suitable pressure to the cap.