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

Claim 16:
17. 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 by a continuous section of wire and includes:
(i) a pair of first leg segments having first and second ends, the pair of first leg segments being joined at their second end by an end segment between 1″ and 5″ in length ends and not being joined at their first ends in order to allow relative movement between their first ends;
(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;
(iv) the first pair and pair of second leg segments each being between 4″ and 24″ in length;
(v) the leg segments being formed from a continuous length of steel wire with a diameter between 3 mm and 12 mm; and

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