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US 2007/0177826 A1Published application
Foot restrained closure for material container system
AssigneePortaQuip, LLC
InventorsDarrell Schoenig, Jay Dokter
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Abstract
A BigFoot™ Bag material containment system which provides a material container (2) having a flexible layer (26) which can be established in a substantially planar configuration (3) on a support surface (4) for loading material (5) and which operably conforms by closure (15) to provide an enclosed space (20) to contain the loaded material (5).
Claims23
1-49. (canceled)
A material container, comprising:
- a) a flexible layer which can be established in a substantially planar configuration on a support surface in an open condition of said material container;
- b) a closure element coupled to substantially the entirety of a perimeter edge of said substantially planar configuration which operates to generate an amount of enclosed space in a closed condition of said material container;
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- c) a restraint element coupled to said flexible layer, wherein said restraint element provides a pair of opposed surfaces which correspondingly engage a foot of a person and said support surface to substantially fix said flexible layer at a location on said support surface during operation of said closure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.