Abrégé

An exterior cover of a generally rectangular flexible tank for a 40 foot shipping container has longitudinal seams along the long sides of the flexible tank rather than at the ends. The exterior cover is air-tight and contains holes near the ends of the flexible tank. The exterior cover is made of a flexible vinyl material that is optimized for the flexitank. The flexible vinyl material consists of an inner scrim core of woven fibers coated with melted PVC which goes through the holes between the woven fibers.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65D 77/06 - Liquides ou semi-liquides enfermés dans des réceptacles flexibles disposés dans des réceptacles rigides
• B65D 88/16 - Grands réceptacles souples

Abrégé

A flexible tank has one or more inner layers and one or more outer layers enclosing the inner layers. It has an improved structure to prevent leakage and rupture when making a long multi-modal shipment of large quantities of a liquid, including when the flexible tank is not supported by the end or side walls of a shipping container.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65D 88/16 - Grands réceptacles souples
• B65D 88/22 - Grands réceptacles souples spécialement conçus pour le transport

Abrégé

A flexible tank is used to transport liquids or semi-liquid material in a shipping container on a railroad car. It has an inner tank and at least one end closure with alternating interlaced hollow loops from two separate exterior layers. A nylon rope or similar securing element is passed through the hollow loops to use the exterior layers in an end closure to constrain the inner tank. An end flap may be welded to an exterior layer and positioned between the inner tank and the end closure. The hollow loops may be formed by folding over the exterior layers and cutting out complementary portions so the loops are in an alternating interlaced pattern. Capacity bands located around the periphery of the flexible tank suppress expansion of the flexible tank at their respective locations.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65D 88/16 - Grands réceptacles souples
• B65D 90/00 - Parties constitutives, détails ou accessoires des grands réceptacles

Abrégé

A flexible tank has one or more inner layers and one or more outer layers enclosing the inner layers. It has an improved structure to prevent leakage and rupture when making a long multi-modal shipment of large quantities of a liquid, including when the flexible tank is not supported by the end or side walls of a shipping container.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65D 88/16 - Grands réceptacles souples
• B65D 88/22 - Grands réceptacles souples spécialement conçus pour le transport

Abrégé

A flexible tank is used to transport liquids or semi-liquid material in a shipping container on a railroad car. It has an inner tank and at least one end closure with alternating interlaced hollow loops from two separate exterior layers. A nylon rope or similar securing element is passed through the hollow loops to use the exterior layers in an end closure to constrain the inner tank. An end flap may be welded to an exterior layer and positioned between the inner tank and the end closure. The hollow loops may be formed by folding over the exterior layers and cutting out complementary portions so the loops are in an alternating interlaced pattern. Capacity bands located around the periphery of the flexible tank suppress expansion of the flexible tank at their respective locations.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65D 88/22 - Grands réceptacles souples spécialement conçus pour le transport
• B65D 88/16 - Grands réceptacles souples

Abrégé

A flexible tank has an inner tank and at least one end closure with alternating interlaced hollow loops from two separate exterior layers. A nylon rope or similar securing element is passed through the hollow loops to use the exterior layers in an end closure to constrain the inner tank. An end flap may be welded to an exterior layer and positioned between the inner tank and the end closure. The hollow loops may be formed by folding over the exterior layers and cutting out complementary portions so the loops are in an alternating interlaced pattern.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65D 88/00 - Grands réceptacles
• B65D 88/16 - Grands réceptacles souples
• B65D 88/22 - Grands réceptacles souples spécialement conçus pour le transport

Abrégé

A flexible tank has an inner tank and at least one end closure with alternating interlaced hollow loops from two separate exterior layers. A nylon rope or similar securing element is passed through the hollow loops to use the exterior layers in an end closure to constrain the inner tank. An end flap may be welded to an exterior layer and positioned between the inner tank and the end closure. The hollow loops may be formed by folding over the exterior layers and cutting out complementary portions so the loops are in an alternating interlaced pattern.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65D 88/22 - Grands réceptacles souples spécialement conçus pour le transport
• B65D 88/16 - Grands réceptacles souples

Produits et services

Logistics and supply chain services, namely, storage, transportation and delivery of goods for others by air, rail, ship or truck; transportation and delivery services by air, rail, road and sea; freight and transportation brokerage services

Abrégé

A flexible tank is used to transport bulk liquids or semi-liquid materials inside of a multi-modal shipping container. It has water proof inner layers and an outer layer, which are formed and welded together to have seams at both ends of the flexible tank. A discharge valve is provided at one end of the flexible tank and an additional piece of material, referred to as a cape, is attached at the other end of the flexible tank. The flexitable tank is situated in the container so that the end with the discharge valve is at the container opening and the end with the attached cape is at the rear of the container. The cape can be used by equipment positionable at the opening of the container to completely discharge the bulk liquids or semi-liquid materials from the flexible tank by pulling and winding up the cape and the layers of the flexible tank from the rear of the container.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60N 2/60 - Housses protectrices amovibles
• B65D 88/22 - Grands réceptacles souples spécialement conçus pour le transport
• B65D 88/54 - Grands réceptacles caractérisés par des moyens pour faciliter le remplissage ou le vidage
• B65D 90/20 - Cadres ou filets, p. ex. pour réceptacles souples
• B60N 2/28 - Sièges prêts à monter sur des, ou à démonter de sièges existants de véhicule

Produits et services

Freight logistics, transportation management services and business management services, namely, managing logistics, reverse logistics, arranging the transportation of commercial freight for others, supply chain services, supply chain visibility and synchronization, supply and demand forecasting, and product distribution processes for others; shipment processing, preparing shipment documents and invoices, tracking documents, packages, and commercial freight over computer networks, intranets, and the internet for business purposes for others; business consulting services related to product distribution, operations management services, logistics, reverse logistics, supply chain, and production systems and distribution solutions for others; warehouse business operations management services; providing tracking services and information concerning tracking of assets in transit, namely, vehicles, trailers, drivers, commercial freight cargo and delivery containers for business inventory purposes; order fulfillment services; arranging of global transportation of commercial freight for others by all available means Global transportation of commercial freight for others by all available means; freight forwarding; freight transportation brokerage; supply chain logistics, namely, storage, transportation and delivery of commercial freight other than aircraft for others by air, rail, ship or truck; managed logistics and reverse logistics services, namely, storage, transportation and delivery of commercial freight other than aircraft for others; packaging commercial freight for transport; repackaging commercial freight for transport; transport, delivery and storage of commercial freight other than aircraft

Produits et services

Freight logistics, transportation management services and business management services, namely, managing logistics, reverse logistics, arranging the transportation of commercial freight for others, supply chain services, supply chain visibility and synchronization, supply and demand forecasting, and product distribution processes for others; shipment processing, preparing shipment documents and invoices, tracking documents, packages, and commercial freight over computer networks, intranets, and the internet for business purposes for others; business consulting services related to product distribution, operations management services, logistics, reverse logistics, supply chain, and production systems and distribution solutions for others; warehouse business operations management services; providing tracking services and information concerning tracking of assets in transit, namely, vehicles, trailers, drivers, commercial freight cargo and delivery containers for business inventory purposes; order fulfillment services; arranging of global transportation of commercial freight for others by all available means Global transportation of commercial freight for others by all available means; freight forwarding; freight transportation brokerage; supply chain logistics, namely, storage, transportation and delivery of commercial freight other than aircraft for others by air, rail, ship or truck; managed logistics and reverse logistics services, namely, storage, transportation and delivery of commercial freight other than aircraft for others; packaging commercial freight for transport; repackaging commercial freight for transport; transport, delivery and storage of commercial freight other than aircraft