Elaine K Vavra

US Patent:

58364722, Nov 17, 1998

Filed:

Oct 24, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/736510

Inventors:

Elaine K. Vavra - Crete NE
Dwight E. Nichols - Beatrice NE

Assignee:

Hoover Group, Inc. - Alpharetta GA

International Classification:

B65D 2100

US Classification:

220571

Abstract:

A container for bulk liquid storage consisting of a tank member with lifting surfaces and a pallet having downwardly facing surfaces. The lifting surfaces and the downwardly facing surfaces are substantially in vertical alignment with each other and interfit together with removably mounted structural members in between them to hold the tank member and the pallet together. The tank member is structured to thoroughly drain through a discharge port without any additional action by the user. The container is made from a corrosion resistant material and is easy to assemble and disassemble.

US Patent:

57382409, Apr 14, 1998

Filed:

Sep 13, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/718004

Inventors:

Elaine Kay Vavra - Crete NE
Scott Charles Higgins - Beatrice NE
Dwight E. Nichols - Beatrice NE

Assignee:

Hoover Group, Inc, - Alpharetta GA

International Classification:

B65D 2100

US Classification:

220410

Abstract:

A composite shipping container primarily for shipping bulk liquids consisting of an inner plastic tank held upright by an outer support structure of mesh wire side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall. This outer support structure forms a housing which is supported on a unitary tubular member pallet, which allows the composite shipping container to freely stand on a floor surface or stack upon a like composite shipping container. The unitary tubular member pallet is comprised of a single piece of metal tubing shaped into co-planar surfaces for the outer housing to rest on and shaped into feet to set the composite shipping container on a generally horizontal floor or other surface. The configuration of the unitary tubular member pallet reduces the amount of material required to complete the pallet and eases pallet construction.