Spill container for above ground storage tanks

A remote, above ground coupling and spill containment apparatus comprising:

• a housing defining an enclosed chamber,
• said housing having a bottom wall portion, said bottom wall portion having a lowest zone, said bottom wall portion being shaped to cause liquid spills within said housing to flow toward said lowest zone, and
• a valve assembly communicating with said lowest zone for selectively removing spill liquid accumulated in said lowest zone,
• said housing further including a top wall portion and side wall portions integrally formed with said bottom wall portion to define a substantially cylindrically shaped housing having a longitudinal axis horizontally arranged, said top wall portion and side wall portions having forward portions for defining a hose access opening to said enclosed chamber,
• said housing further including a forward wall connected to said bottom wall portion and side wall portions for closing the forward end of said chamber, and
• a rear wall connected to said bottom wall portion, top wall portion and side wall portions for closing the rear end of said chamber, said rear wall comprising a sealable opening at an upper region for mounting a horizontal tank delivery pipe,
• a cover member selectively moveable between a first position for closing said access opening and a second position for enabling access through said opening, said cover member being mounted for rotation to said forward wall,
• said side wall portions comprising longitudinally extending edges defining side edges of said access opening and said side wall portions and top wall portions comprising edges in an upstanding plane that intersects the rear of said side edges,
• said forward wall comprising a generally horizontal top edge,
• said cover member comprising a lid for overlying said side edges of said access opening and having its forward edge hinged to said top edge,
• said cover member further comprising an upstanding closure connected to the rear portion of said lid for closing against the edges of said access opening in said upstanding plane, said closure comprising an angle piece that overlaps the edges of said access opening in said upstanding plane, and
• wherein said closure is positioned beneath said bottom wall portion when said cover member is in said second position.