Patent ID: 11925961
Assignee: PACTEC, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A containment berm comprising:
(a) a flexible, substantially impermeable polymer material forming a ground section with a plurality of sidewalls extending upward from the ground section;
(b) a plurality of bracket assemblies positioned on an external surface of the containment berm, wherein each of the bracket assemblies is formed from a continuously fabricated length of wire and includes:
(i) a pair of first leg segments having first and second ends, the pair of first leg segments being joined by an end segment at their second ends and being configured to allow the first ends to move toward one another upon compression of the first leg segments toward one another;
(ii) a pair of second leg segments having first and second ends;
(iii) the pair of first leg segments and the pair of second leg segments being joined at their first ends in a substantially perpendicular configuration; and

(c) wherein one of either the pair of the first or second leg segments engages a pocket on one of the plurality of sidewalls.