# US 5,704,486 A · Storage and transportation container for grain testing equipment

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- Number: US 5,704,486 A
- Document ID: US5704486A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/440,938
- Filed: 1995-05-15
- Granted: 1998-01-06
- Earliest claimed: 1995-05-15
- Inventors: Mark Wayne Sopotyk; Dale Gordon Sopotyk; Barbara Lynn Sopotyk; Kim Frances Sopotyk
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5704486A

## CPC

- B01L 1/52: {Transportable laboratories; Field kits}
- B01L: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE

## Abstract

The present invention provides a container for the transportation and storage of grain testing equipment. The storage container encloses the grain testing equipment and comprises: a box, a first plurality of spaced apart raised projections to hold a grain moisture meter in place on the bottom of the box, a second plurality of spaced apart raised projections to hold a grain scale in place on the bottom of the box, a third plurality of spaced raised projections to hold a grain moisture meter load cell in place on the bottom of the box, and a raised elongate projection for holding grain moisture charts in place between the raised elongate projection and the rear wall. The container includes handles in the end walls for easy lifting and carrying.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Apparatus for use in testing grain comprising:
an integral box for fully enclosing a space having a rear wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall, said walls being fixed relative to one another, and having a top wall which is pivotally mounted adjacent a rear edge of the top wall such that the top wall can be opened by pivoting upwards and backwards, and a front wall which is pivotally mounted adjacent a bottom edge such that the front wall can be opened by pivoting forwards and downwards, the box being transportable as an integral unit;
a grain moisture meter located within the box having four legs for supporting the meter;
four projections each of which is L-shaped in plan view standing upwardly from the bottom wall of the box each engaging and locating a respective one of the legs such that the grain moisture meter is held fixed in place in the box standing on top of the bottom wall, the four projections including a first pair adjacent the rear wall and a second pair adjacent the front wall, the meter being located adjacent the first side wall;
a grain scale located within the box for weighing a quantity of grain, the grain scale having a body with a periphery;
a second plurality of projections standing upwardly from the bottom wall for engaging the periphery and holding the grain scale fixed in place in the box standing on top of the bottom wall, the second plurality of projections including a first pair of projections each arranged on a first respective side of the body of the scale, a second pair of projections each arranged on a second respective side of the body of the scale, the pairs of the second plurality of projections being arranged at positions spaced along the bottom wall with the second pair of the second plurality of projections adjacent the second side wall and a third projection at an end of the body of the scale which is opposite to the second side wall;
a load cell positioned within the box, the load cell having a recess therein;
and a projecting member on the bottom wall which projecting member has a wall which is circular in plan view onto which the recess in the load cell is engaged thus locating the load cell in the box;
whereby the moisture meter, scale and the load cell can be transported in the box to a testing site.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1 including a plurality of grain moisture charts wherein the box includes an elongate member spaced from an inside surface of the rear wall for holding the plurality of grain moisture charts in place in the box between the elongate member and the inside surface of the rear wall.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the projecting member on the bottom wall of the box is located adjacent the second side wall and the front wall of the box.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the projecting member on the bottom wall of the box includes portions spaced outwardly from and arranged concentrically with the circular wall for engaging in a recess in the bottom of a second load cell of larger diameter than said load cell.