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US 5,029,734 AGranted
Composite container
AssigneeHoover Group, Inc.
InventorDwight E. Nichols
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Abstract
A composite container which consists of a reusable pallet, a thin walled plastic tank and a reinforcing cardboard shell maintaining the tank in an upright position on the pallet. Plastic clips connect the shell to the pallet and enable easy assembly and disassembly of the container. Additionally, a dry break valve is incorporated in the container so as to prevent material leakage and enable easy discharge of the tank contents on an intermittent basis.
Claims8
A composite container comprising:
- a pallet having a substantially flat top support portion bounded by a depending sidewall member terminating at its lower end in a plurality of spaced support legs, means on said pallet forming a sleeve reception groove around said top support portion and extending downwardly into said sidewall member, means forming side openings in said sidewall at positions intersecting and in communication with said groove in said sidewall member;
- a tank supported on said pallet top portion, an upright sleeve telescoped over said tank and extending downwardly into said pallet sidewall groove, said sleeve having openings therein positioned in substantial alignment with said pallet sidewall openings, and
- a plurality of locking clips extending through said aligned sleeve and pallet openings and releasably engaged with said pallet sidewall so as to removably maintain said sleeve in a retained upright position on said pallet and extending into said reception groove, said locking clips corresponding in number to the number of said aligned openings in said pallet sidewall and said sleeve, each of said clips being positioned on the outer side of said sidewall and having a locking portion extending through said aligned openings, said clip also having a retaining portion extending transversely of the sidewall at a position between a pair of said legs and being releasably engaged with the inner side of said sidewall.
A container comprising:
- a reusable pallet having a flat support portion and further having a sidewall member around the periphery thereof, said sidewall member defining a plurality of pallet support members engaging a surface and supporting said pallet thereabove, said sidewall member further having a plurality of openings therein and co-operating with said flat support portion to define a recessed sleeve reception groove around said pallet and above said surface, said groove being intersected by and being in communication with said openings in said sidewall member;
- a sleeve having a horizontal bottom portion operatively disposed within said groove and further having a plurality of openings therein, each of said openings being in communication with one of said openings of said sidewall member;
- an engagement clip comprising a one piece body member having an upright connecting portion and having a substantially horizontal sleeve retaining portion and a horizontal sidewall engaging locking portion connected to said upright connecting portion at opposite ends thereof wherein said locking portion has an angled support portion at a free end thereof, said support portion being disposed around a bottom portion of said sidewall member and supportively engaging the same wherein said horizontal sleeve retaining portion is disposed within said opening of said sidewall portion and supportively communicating with one of said openings of said sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.