All-terrain berm

A brace for supporting the walls of a transportable all-terrain berm used for collecting fluid, the brace comprising:

• a first leg having an upper end and a lower end;
• a second leg having an upper end and a lower end;
• a spacer securable between the first leg and the second leg above the lower ends of the first and second legs to position and maintain the lower ends of the first and second legs in spaced apart positions;
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• a pivotal connection pivotally joining the first leg and the second leg above the spacer, such that each brace comprises an A-frame with the lower end of the first and second legs in the spaced apart positions when the spacer is secured between the first and second legs and the first and second legs and the spacer are movable between the A-frame position and a collapsed overlapping position.

A transportable all-terrain berm for collecting fluid comprising:

• a containment area formed of flexible impervious sheeting, the containment area having a floor and surrounding walls with each wall having a lower portion and an upper portion;
• a plurality of braces for supporting the walls of the containment area, each brace comprising:
• a first leg having an upper end, a lower end, and an intermediate section between the upper end and the lower end;
• a second leg having an upper end and a lower end, the first leg being longer than the second leg;
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• a pivotal connection being adjacent the upper end of the second leg and the intermediate section of the first leg, the first leg and the second leg being angled toward each other when pivoted to an A-frame position with the first leg extending away from the second leg below the intermediate section of the first leg and the upper end of the first leg extending above and over the second leg;
• retaining members secured to the walls of the containment area at selected spaced positions;
• wherein the braces are arrangeable in vertical spaced positions about the floor of the containment area and aligned with the selected spaced position of the retaining members;
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• wherein the upper ends of the first legs of the braces that extend above and over the second legs are engagable with the respectively aligned retaining members to support the walls in an upward position above the floor such that the lower portions of the walls reside against the second legs of the braces and the first legs being angled away from the lower portions of the wall below the intermediate sections of the first legs and extending toward and engaging the upper portions of the walls above the intermediate sections of the first legs.