Replacement bottom for container
AssigneeTBI Engineering and Design, LLC
InventorsTimothy Boesch, Travis Boesch
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Abstract
A container and methods for construction are disclosed herein for a container having a replaceable bottom pan. An adapter is affixed to the lower edge the container and a replaceable bottom pan is removably affixed to the adapter.
Claims17
A method of repairing a container, the container including a plurality of container sidewalls and an existing bottom portion defining an interior space therein, the method comprising:
- removing the existing bottom portion of the container so as to create an open lower end of the container;
- attaching an adapter to the container, the adapter including a major flange having a container-abutting face, and a minor flange having a pan-abutting face, wherein attaching the adapter to the container comprises positioning the adapter at the open lower end of the container such that the container-abutting face of the adapter is in contact with ends of the container sidewalls, the adapter configured to be attached to the container such that the container-abutting face of the major flange is generally orthogonal to the plurality of container sidewalls;
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- coupling a pan to the adapter, the pan including a plurality of pan sidewalls connected between a bottom pan portion and an attachment flange,
- wherein coupling a pan to the adapter comprises coupling the attachment flange of the pan to the pan-abutting face of the adapter via a plurality of threaded fasteners external to the interior space of the container, the adapter configured such that the pan can be coupled to or uncoupled from the adapter without accessing the interior space of the container.
A method of constructing a container, the container including a plurality of container sidewalls and an open lower end defining an interior space therein, comprising:
- attaching an adapter to the container, the adapter including a flange having a container-abutting face and a pan-abutting face, wherein attaching the adapter to the container comprises positioning the adapter at the open lower end of the container such that the container-abutting face of the adapter is in contact with ends of the container sidewalls;
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- coupling a pan to the adapter, the pan including a plurality of pan sidewalls connected between a bottom pan portion and an attachment flange,
- wherein coupling a pan to the adapter comprises coupling the attachment flange of the pan to the pan-abutting face of the adapter via a plurality of threaded fasteners external to the interior space of the container, the adapter configured such that the pan can be coupled to or uncoupled from the adapter without accessing the interior space of the container.
A method of converting a container to accommodate a replaceable bottom pan, the container including a plurality of container sidewalls and an existing bottom portion defining an interior space therein, comprising:
- removing the existing bottom portion of the container so as to create an open lower end of the container;
- attaching an adapter to the container, the adapter including a flange having a container-abutting face and a pan-abutting face, wherein attaching the adapter to the container comprises positioning the adapter at the open lower end of the container such that the container-abutting face of the adapter is in contact with ends of the container sidewalls;
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- coupling the replaceable bottom pan to the adapter, the pan including a plurality of pan sidewalls connected between a bottom pan portion and an attachment flange,
- wherein coupling the pan to the adapter comprises coupling the attachment flange of the pan to the pan-abutting face of the adapter via a plurality of threaded fasteners external to the interior space of the container, the adapter configured such that the pan can be coupled to or uncoupled from the adapter without accessing the interior space of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.