Portable containment

A portable containment for containing spilled material comprising;

• a bottom formed of flexible material;
• a pair of foldable side walls formed of flexible material;
• and,
• a pair of foldable end walls formed of flexible material, said side walls being interconnected with said end walls along opposed ends forming corners and said side walls and said end walls being connected along respective lower edges with said bottom forming a containment area;
• a plurality of legs engaged with said side and end walls to assist in maintaining said side and end walls in a raised position;
• a plurality of pivotal legs connected at a first end adjacent upper edges of said end and side walls and at a second end with said bottom, said braces having an extended position maintaining said side and end walls in said upstanding position for containing said spilled material and a folded position in which said side and end walls may be lowered into a down position for permitting vehicle drive over;
• flotation devices carried by pocket members arranged along upper edges of at least said end walls;
• whereby,
• in the absence of said braces being positioned in said upstanding position said flotation devices will elevate and maintain at least said end walls from said down position to a position above the level of said spilled material preventing contamination.

In a flexible containment for containing spilled materials having interconnected side and end wall engaged with a bottom forming a containment area, the method of;

• providing a plurality of braces each having an upstanding position for holding said walls in a raised position and a folded position for allowing said walls to be in a down position;
• providing a plurality of skids beneath at least said braces associated with said end walls;
• positioning at least one of said end walls in said down position and said braces associated with said at least one end wall in said folded position and
• raising said at least one end wall causing said associated braces to slide over said skids and move from said folded position into said upstanding position maintaining said at least one wall in said raised position.