Pad for containing liquid spills
OwnerSteven Saylorinventor
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Abstract
A pad, system and method of collecting and containing liquid leaks and spills, comprising a flexible, liquid-impervious pad having a bottom and inflatable sides, a pair of tethers connected at one end to one end of the pad, and a pair of poles detachably connectable at one end thereof to the tethers. The poles are used to position the uninflated pad under a source of leakage or spillage, after which the poles are disconnected from the tethers and the sides of the pad are inflated.
Claims6
A system adapted for carrying on-board a land-based vehicle for emergency use in collecting liquid leakage and spills, comprising a foldable, flexible, liquid-impermeable pad having a bottom and inflatable sides, a pair of tethers welded to the bottom of the pad at one end thereof, each tether having an aperture in a free end thereof, a plurality of pole segments, a plurality of connectors by means of which at least a pair of pole segments are connectable together to form a pad positioning pole having one end thereof adapted to fit in the aperture of a tether whereby a pair of poles serves to position an unfolded and uninflated pad under a source of liquid leakage or spill from the vehicle.
A method of quickly and effectively collecting and containing liquid leakage and spills from a land-based vehicle, comprising carrying on-board the vehicle a folded, flexible, liquid-impermeable pad having a bottom, inflatable sides and a pair of tethers, one end of each tether being welded to the bottom of the pad at one end thereof and having a aperture in the other end of the tether, and a pair of pad-positioning poles wherein each pole has one end thereof adapted to fit in the aperture of a tether, on the occurrence of a liquid leakage or spill from the vehicle, unfolding the pad, attaching the one end of each pole to a tether by means of the aperture therein, with use of the positioning poles, positioning the uninflated pad under a source of liquid leakage or spill, inflating the sides of the pads, and collecting the liquid leakage or spill in the inflated pad.
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