Disposable fluid vessel
AssigneeThe Plastics Group, Inc.
InventorsHarold Cunningham, Brian Beth, Michael D. Deckard, Brian Wingfield, George Howard
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Abstract
A fluid vessel is disclosed and includes a multiple disposable liners where each of the disposable liners includes a bottom floor and side walls extending away from and substantially perpendicular to the bottom floor such that a cavity is formed therein. The bottom floor includes an aperture defined therein and the bottom floor slopes in a plurality of directions to facilitate a movement of a fluid disposed in a top one of the plurality of disposable liners toward the aperture.
Claims20
A fluid vessel comprising:
- a plurality of disposable liners, each of the plurality of disposable liners including a bottom floor and a plurality of side walls extending away from and substantially perpendicular to the bottom floor such that a cavity is formed therein,
- wherein the bottom floor includes an aperture defined therein, and
- wherein the bottom floor slopes in a plurality of directions to facilitate a movement of a fluid disposed in a top one of the plurality of disposable liners toward the aperture.
A fluid container assembly for the disposal of hazardous fluids comprising:
- a rigid fluid container having a recess defined in a top surface;
- a surface aperture defined in the recess;
- and
- a disposable liner having a similar shape as the recess and being disposed in the recess;
- an aperture defined in the disposable liner that is aligned with the surface aperture when the disposable liner is disposed in the recess thereby facilitating the draining of the fluid.
A method of disposing of a fluid comprising:
- providing a fluid container;
- positioning a disposable liner in a recess of the fluid container;
- transferring a fluid from a source into the disposable liner;
- transferring the fluid from the disposable liner to a transportable fluid container;
- removing the disposable liner from the recess of the fluid container;
- and
- disposing of the disposable liner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.