Liquid collecting and retaining device
AssigneeGlen Kyle Haney
InventorsGlen K. Haney, Victor Kramer
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Abstract
A liquid collecting and retaining device consists of a tubular, triangularly shaped casing of a material substantially non-porous to granular solid matter and which is permeable to liquids, which is partially filled with a material that collects and retains liquids passing through the casing, and which is incapable of itself passing through the casing.
Claims14
A liquid collecting and retaining member for use in the treatment of liquid spills comprising a tubular casing member of thermoplastic, non-woven, absorbent material that is porous to liquids but substantially non-porous to granular solid matter, said casing member having a triangular cross-section, a filling material contained within said casing, said filling material being capable of collecting and retaining liquid that passes through said casing, and means closing the ends of said casing member.
A liquid collecting and retaining member for use in the treatment of liquid spills comprising a tubular casing member of thermoplastic polypropylene non-woven fabric, said fabric being permeable to liquids and non-porous to granular solid matter of a particle size greater than 300 microns, said tubular casing member having a triangular cross-sectional shape, means within said casing for collecting and retaining liquids therein, said means comprising a granular solid material having a particle size greater than 400 microns and means closing the ends of said casing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.