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US 2022/0204207 A1Published application
Self-filling, self-sealing container system
AssigneeSteven E. Glenn
InventorSteven E. GLENN
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Abstract
A container system that includes a container element with a hole or series of holes that are sealed by at least one seal assembly with at least one seal element. When the container system is placed into material to be captured, the seal element of the seal assembly is displaced from the holes when material exerts inward pressure on the seals, allowing the container system to self-fill with material. Once the desired amount of material is captured, the container system is removed and captured material exerts outward pressure on the seal assembly, causing the seal element to close the holes and the container system to self-seal.
Claims18
1:
- A container system comprising:
- a container element;
- more than one hole through said container element;
- and
- at least one seal assembly, affixed to said container element, with means for closing said holes.
2 more elements
2:
- The container system as in claim 1 further comprising means for measuring data related to said container system.
3:
- The container system as in claim 1 further comprising at least one handle.
4:
- The container system as in claim 1 further comprising a lid.
5:
- The container system as in claim 1 wherein said seal assembly comprises at least one upper seal element and at least one lower seal element.
6:
- The container system as in claim 1 wherein said seal assembly comprises at least one one-way valve.
7:
- A container system comprising:
- a container element;
- at least one hole through said container element;
- and
- more than one seal assembly, affixed to said container element, with means for sealing at least one of said holes.
2 more elements
8:
- The container system as in claim 7 further comprising means for measuring data related to said container system.
9:
- The container system as in claim 7 further comprising at least one handle.
10:
- The container system as in claim 7 further comprising a lid.
11:
- The container system as in claim 7 wherein said seal assembly comprises at least one upper seal element and at least one lower seal element.
12:
- The container system as in claim 7 wherein said seal assembly comprises at least one one-way valve.
13:
- A container system comprising:
- a container;
- at least one hole through said container;
- and
- at least one seal assembly, affixed to said container, with means for sealing at least one of said holes;
- wherein said means for sealing comprises at least one upper seal element and one lower seal element;
- and
- wherein said upper seal element and lower seal element can be displaced independently of each other.
5 more elements
14:
- The container system as in claim 13 further comprising means for measuring data related to said container system.
15:
- The container system as in claim 13 further comprising at least one handle.
16:
- The container system as in claim 13 further comprising a lid.
17:
- The container system as in claim 13 wherein said upper seal element is adjacent to lower seal element.
18:
- The container system as in claim 13 wherein said upper seal element and lower seal element are concentric.