B65D 88/34
Large containers: having floating covers
Official title: having floating covers, e.g. floating roofs or blankets
B65D88/34 (Large containers: having floating covers) appears on 292 US grants and 198 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65D- Granted patents
- 292
- Published applications
- 198
- Assignees
- 155
- Inventors
- 425
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Coated fabric seal and related methods18 Aug 2026US 12,709,461 B2Mesa Industries, Inc.
- Storage tank inner wall and floating disc totally enclosed apparatus25 Nov 2025US 12,479,652 B2Hebe Everest Instrument Equipment Co., Ltd
- Multilayer panel comprising biofilm to reduce evaporation in dams28 Oct 2025US 12,454,406 B2Anadolu Universitesi
- Insulation disc for septic tank lid23 Sep 2025US 12,421,709 B2
- Cover element for forming a so-called internal floating roof in a liquid tank15 Jul 2025US 12,358,714 B2Emission Zero B.V.
- Method for the internal inspection of storage tanks21 May 2026US 2026/0140089 A1Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrbras
- Fabric assembly and method of splicing same19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048930 A1Mesa Industries, Inc.
- System for monitoring a floating roof of a storage tank5 Feb 2026US 2026/0035170 A1Life Safety Distribution AG
- Rim seal flammable liquid storage tank20 Nov 2025US 2025/0353664 A1Energy Professionals, LLC
- Storage Tank Monitoring Apparatus and Methods7 Aug 2025US 2025/0250105 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Proppant discharge system and a container for use in such a proppant discharge system178US 8,585,341 B12013
- Proppant discharge system and a container for use in such a proppant discharge system153US 8,668,430 B22014
- Secondary seal for tank having floating roof56US 4,308,968 AHMT, Inc. · 1982
- Safety valve and system for hydrocarbon storage tanks46US 4,596,266 A1986
- Thermal pool cover44US 4,270,232 A1981