Vertically oriented transportable container with improved stability

A transportable container apparatus, comprising:

• an elongate container having a central axis, and a base attached to a bottom end of the container, wherein the container and base are substantially symmetrical about the central axis, and wherein the container is oriented substantially vertically with the base resting on a ground surface when in a working position;
• the container comprising an upper container section and a lower container section, where the upper container section has an upper cross-sectional area that is greater than a lower cross-sectional area of the lower container section, and the upper container section includes a sloping hopper at a bottom thereof, the hopper configured to direct granular material into the lower container section;
• an outlet port defined in a ported wall of the lower container section;
• wherein a floor of the container is sloped toward the outlet port such that granular material stored in the container slides down the floor to the outlet port;
• wherein the container is divided into a first chamber with a first floor sloping to a first outlet port, and a second chamber with a second floor sloping to a second outlet port;
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• wherein the first and second chambers are divided by a wall extending from the lower container section upward into the upper container section, and then sloping laterally to an upright wall of the upper container section.

A transportable container apparatus, comprising:

• an elongate container having a central axis, and a base attached to a bottom end of the container, wherein the container and base are substantially symmetrical about the central axis, and wherein the container is oriented substantially vertically with the base resting on a ground surface when in a working position;
• the container comprising an upper container section and a lower container section, where the upper container section has an upper cross-sectional area that is greater than a lower cross-sectional area of the lower container section, and the upper container section includes a sloping hopper at a bottom thereof, the hopper configured to direct granular material into the lower container section;
• an outlet port defined in a ported wall of the lower container section;
• wherein a floor of the container is sloped toward the outlet port such that granular material stored in the container slides down the floor to the outlet port;
• wherein the container is divided into a first chamber with a first floor sloping to a first outlet port, and a second chamber with a second floor sloping to a second outlet port;
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• comprising first and second gates, and a chute assembly configured to receive the granular material from the first outlet port when the first gate is open and to receive the granular material from the second outlet port when the second gate is open and deliver the granular material to a chute outlet, the chute assembly configured such that the chute outlet can swing through an arc of greater than 130 degrees from a farthest right position to a farthest left position.

A transportable container apparatus comprising:

• an elongate container having a central axis, and a base attached to a bottom end of the container, wherein the container and base are substantially symmetrical about the central axis, and wherein the container is oriented substantially vertically with the base resting on a ground surface when in a working position;
• the container comprising an upper container section and a lower container section, where the upper container section has an upper cross-sectional area that is greater than a lower cross-sectional area of the lower container section, and the upper container section includes a sloping hopper at a bottom thereof, the hopper configured to direct granular material into the lower container section;
• stabilizer legs movable from a stored position inside a footprint defined by the base to an operating position extending beyond the footprint and contacting the ground;
• an outlet port defined in a ported wall of the lower container section;
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• wherein a floor of the container is sloped toward the outlet port such that granular material stored in the container slides down the floor to the outlet port.

A transportable container apparatus comprising:

• an elongate container having a central axis, and a base attached to a bottom end of the container, wherein the container and base are substantially symmetrical about the central axis, and wherein the container is oriented substantially vertically with the base resting on a ground surface when in a working position;
• the container comprising an upper container section and a lower container section, where the upper container section has an upper cross-sectional area that is greater than a lower cross-sectional area of the lower container section, and the upper container section includes a sloping hopper at a bottom thereof, the hopper configured to direct granular material into the lower container section;
• an outlet port defined in a ported wall of the lower container section;
• wherein a floor of the container is sloped toward the outlet port such that granular material stored in the container slides down the floor to the outlet port;
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• wherein the container and base are configured such that when empty, about one half of the total weight of the apparatus is located in the bottom one third of the height of apparatus.

A transportable container apparatus, comprising:

• an elongate container having a central axis, and a base attached to a bottom end of the container, wherein the container and base are substantially symmetrical about the central axis, and wherein the container is oriented substantially vertically with the base resting on a ground surface when in a working position;
• the container comprising an upper container section and a lower container section, where the upper container section has an upper cross-sectional area that is greater than a lower cross-sectional area of the lower container section, and the upper container section includes a sloping hopper at a bottom thereof, the hopper configured to direct granular material into the lower container section;
• an outlet port defined in a ported wall of the lower container section;
• wherein a floor of the container is sloped toward the outlet port such that granular material stored in the container slides down the floor to the outlet port;
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• a trailer releasably attachable to the container and an actuator mounted to the trailer and operative, when the trailer is attached to the apparatus, to selectively move the apparatus between a transport position where the apparatus is supported on the trailer in a substantially horizontal orientation, and a working position where the apparatus is supported on the ground in a substantially vertical orientation, and a support pad attached to an upper portion of the apparatus and configured to rest on a support post of the trailer when the apparatus is in the transport position such that a wall of the upper container section is above the trailer.

A transportable container apparatus comprising:

• an elongate container that is oriented substantially vertically resting on a ground surface when in a working position;
• an outlet port defined in a lower portion of a wall of the container;
• wherein a floor of the container is sloped toward the outlet port such that granular material stored in the container slides down the floor to the outlet port;
• a gate configured to control flow of material through the outlet port, and a chute assembly configured to receive the granular material from the outlet port when the gate is open and deliver the granular material to a chute outlet, the chute assembly configured such that the chute outlet can swing through an arc from a farthest right position to a farthest left position.