A helpful little JQuery plugin I adapted from http://jsfiddle.net/ZcEUL/

$.fn.getInlineStyleObject()

$.fn.getInlineStyleObject = function() {
  var $element, prop, props, rprops, str, styleObject, _i, _len;
  $element = this;
  str = $element.attr("style");
  rprops = /[\w-]+(?=:)/g;
  props = str.match(rprops);
  styleObject = {};
  for (_i = 0, _len = props.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
    prop = props[_i];
    if ($element[0].style[prop] != null) {
      styleObject[prop] = $element[0].style[prop];
    }
  }
  return styleObject;
};

.fn.getInlineStyleObject().js

$.fn.getInlineStyleObject = function() {
  var $element, prop, props, rprops, str, styleObject, _i, _len;
  $element = this;
  str = $element.attr("style");
  rprops = /[\w-]+(?=:)/g;
  props = str.match(rprops);
  styleObject = {};
  for (_i = 0, _len = props.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
    prop = props[_i];
    if ($element[0].style[prop] != null) {
      styleObject[prop] = $element[0].style[prop];
    }
  }
  return styleObject;
};