Flexible tank
AssigneeAvon Engineered Fabrications, LLC
InventorsTrinity Lauga, Richard Heath, Robert Homes, Joshua Butler
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Abstract
A flexible tank fillable with a liquid having a base and at least one enclosing wall. The base has an upper surface and a lower surface, and defines a plurality of edges and a perimeter. The enclosing wall extends about the base and is attached thereto to, together with the base, define an enclosure. The inner brace assembly comprises at least one inner support member having a base wall attachment side and an encasing wall attachment side. The base wall attachment side is attached to the base spaced apart from the perimeter. The encasing wall attachment side is attached to the at least one enclosing wall spaced apart from the base fold.
Claims15
A flexible tank fillable with a liquid comprising:
- a base having an upper surface and a lower surface, the base defining a rectangular configuration defining four edges, four corners and a perimeter;
- four enclosing walls, each enclosing wall having a base fold extending from each of the four edges base, each enclosing wall further including opposing attaching edges extending from the base fold toward a distal end, wherein the opposing edges have an outwardly convex configuration and adjacent ones of opposing attaching edges of adjacent enclosing walls are attached to each other to define the enclosure, and a corner seam at each corner seaming respective pairs of the four enclosing walls that are adjacent to each other and the base;
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- an inner brace assembly comprising at least four inner support members, each inner support member having a base wall attachment side and an encasing wall attachment side, wherein the base wall attachment side is attached to the base spaced apart from the perimeter and wherein the encasing wall attachment side is attached to the at least one enclosing wall spaced apart from the base fold, and wherein at least one of the at least four inner support members is attached to each of the four enclosing walls.
A flexible tank fillable with a liquid comprising:
- a base having an upper surface and a lower surface, the base defining a rectangular configuration defining four edges, four corners and a perimeter;
- four enclosing walls, each enclosing wall having a base fold extending from each of the four edges base, each enclosing wall further including opposing attaching edges extending from the base fold toward a distal end, wherein the opposing edges have an outwardly convex configuration and adjacent ones of opposing attaching edges of adjacent enclosing walls are attached to each other to define the enclosure, and a corner seam at each corner seaming respective pairs of the four enclosing walls that are adjacent to each other and the base;
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- an inner brace assembly comprising at least four inner support members, each inner support member having a base wall attachment side and an encasing wall attachment side, wherein the base wall attachment side is attached to the base spaced apart from the perimeter and wherein the encasing wall attachment side is attached to the at least one enclosing wall spaced apart from the base fold, and wherein at least one of the at least four inner support members is attached to each of the four enclosing walls;
- an opening assembly comprising a chute having a proximal end attached to one of the four enclosing walls and a distal end spaced apart therefrom to define an elongated channel providing access to the enclosure;
- a pair of inlet openings, each of the pair of inlet openings extending through one of the four enclosing walls on opposite sides of the base, the pair of inlet openings spaced apart from the edge of the base;
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- an upper access opening extending through one of the four enclosing walls, the upper access opening being positioned closer to the distal end of a respective one of the enclosing walls than to the base fold thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.