Containment rail system
AssigneeenviroGuard, Inc.
InventorDouglas Frazier
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Abstract
Disclosed is a modular spill containment rail system for containing a hazardous spilled substance from at least one battery. The system has a plurality of containment rails that are connectable to one another to define a perimeter around the battery. Each rail has at least one wall with a first end and a second end. At least one male connection device orthogonally protrudes from the first end and at least one female opening may be provided in the second end. A first end of a first rail may be removably received within a second end of second rail. Upon connecting the rails, at least a part of the first end of the first rail may be in an overlapping relationship with the second end of the second rail. A method for assembling a system and a containment system with a flexible liner and a neutralizing material are also disclosed herein.
Claims24
A battery spill containment rail system for containing a hazardous spilled substance from at least one industrial battery, the system comprising:
- a plurality of containment rails connectable to one another to define a perimeter having to accommodate at least one industrial battery, each rail comprising at least one wall comprising a first connection end and a second connection end;
- a first rail of the plurality of rails having a male connecting device at a connection end;
- a second rail of the plurality of rails having a female connecting device at a connection end;
- the male connecting device of the first rail constructed and arranged to be removably received within the female connecting device of the second rail when connecting the first and second rail, and
- wherein, upon connecting the first rail to the second rail, at least a part of the first connection end of the first rail is in an overlapping relationship with the second connection end of the second rail.
A modular battery spill containment system for containing a hazardous spilled substance from at least one battery, the modular battery spill containment system comprising:
- a plurality of containment rails defining a perimeter around at the least one battery, each rail comprising at least one wall, the at least one wall comprising a first end and a second end;
- at least one connection device orthogonally protruding from the first end of each rail;
- at least one opening provided in the second end of each rail;
- the first end of each rail constructed and arranged to be removably received within a second end of another rail of the plurality of containment rails, and
- wherein the first and second ends of the rails are provided in an overlapping relationship upon connecting the plurality of rails to form the perimeter.
A method for assembling a modular battery spill containment system for containing a hazardous spilled substance from at least one industrial battery, the method comprising:
- aligning ends of a first and second rail, the rails comprising at least one wall, a first end, and a second end;
- inserting an orthogonal protrusion of the first end of the first rail through an opening in the second end of the second rail to connect the first rail to the second rail;
- connecting a plurality of rails to form a perimeter around at least one battery;
- placing a liner within the perimeter defined by the plurality of containment rails, the flexible liner being resistant to damage from the spilled substance;
- placing a material in the perimeter of the rails, the material adapted to absorb and chemically neutralize the spilled substance;
- wherein upon connecting the plurality of containment rails at least a part of the first connection end of each of the rails is in an overlapped relationship with a second end of another rail.
An assembled battery spill containment device, the device comprising:
- a plurality of containment rails removably connected to each other;
- the plurality of containment rails defining a perimeter and a volume, and
- one or more batteries positioned within the perimeter defined by the containment rails,
- the containment rails connected to one another by male and female connecting devices, wherein ends of the connected containment rails overlap each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.