Flexible fabric shipping and dispensing container
AssigneeUtilequip, Inc.
InventorsPhillip Lynn Townsend, Gary Dale Krch
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Abstract
An apparatus for shipping a flowable material in a cargo compartment of a transport includes an enclosure forming a chamber therein to house the flowable material. The enclosure is made of braided or woven fabric. The inner surface of the fabric is coated whereby the fabric is impermeable to the flowable material. The enclosure has at least one closable opening serving as an inlet or outlet to the chamber, and is pliable such that it can be housed within the cargo compartment in any orientation.
Claims32
A container for storing and dispensing material comprising:
- a filling cap comprising a filling port to receive the material and a vent port;
- a dispensing cone comprising an outlet port to dispense the material;
- a valve closeable to seal off said dispensing cone outlet port as well as selectably openable to control the rate material is continuously dispensed from the container;
- a body extending between said filling cap and said dispensing cone, said body comprising a fabric, and said dispensing cone extending, at least partially, out from said body;
- wherein the filling port, vent port, and valve are closeable to make the container air-tight;
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- wherein the container is configured to receive and dispense the material in a vertical orientation.
A system comprising:
- a container comprising:
- a filling cap comprising a filling port to receive the material and a vent port;
- a dispensing cone comprising an outlet port to dispense the material;
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- a valve closeable to seal off said dispensing cone outlet port as well as selectably openable to control the rate material is continuously dispensed from the container;
- a body extending between said filling cap and said dispensing cone, said body comprising a braided fabric, and said dispensing cone extending, at least partially, out from said body;
- wherein the filling port, vent port, and valve are closeable to make the container air-tight;
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- wherein the container is configured to receive and dispense the material in a vertical orientation;
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- webbing surrounding said container to support the entire weight of the container in a vertical orientation when filling the container with, storing, and dispensing the material, said webbing comprising:
- a plurality of horizontal straps disposed circumferentially about said shipping and dispensing container;
- a plurality of vertical straps extending substantially perpendicularly to and overlapping the horizontal straps;
- a plurality of attachment locations where one of the horizontal straps overlaps one of the vertical straps;
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- at least one grappling device coupled to one of the plurality of attachment locations.
A container for storing and dispensing material comprising:
- a filling cap comprising a filling port to receive the material and a vent port;
- a dispensing cone comprising an outlet port to dispense the material;
- a valve closeable to seal off said dispensing cone outlet port as well as selectably openable to control the rate material is continuously dispensed from the container;
- a body extending between said filling cap and said dispensing cone, said body comprising a fabric;
- wherein a portion of said dispensing cone coupled to a portion of said body comprises a substantially similar outer diameter as the portion of said body;
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- wherein the filling port, vent port, and valve are closeable to make the container air-tight;
- and wherein the container is configured to receive and dispense the material in a vertical orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.