Patent ID: 8534480
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: B65D,E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tank wall section comprising: a tank wall section body having upper and lower beams, a first outermost end strut at a first end of the tank wall section, and a second outermost end strut at an opposite end of the tank wall section; a first end panel co-extensive with the tank wall section body and extending outwardly beyond the first end strut of the tank wall section body, the first end panel comprising spaced apart female connector components; and a second end panel co-extensive with the tank wall section body and extending outwardly beyond the second end strut of the tank wall section body, the second end panel comprising spaced apart male connector components, the male connector components extending radially out from an outer surface of the second end panel, each of the male connector components configured and spaced to register with a corresponding female connector component of a second tank wall section when the second end panel overlaps a first end panel of the second tank wall section, the male connector components each comprising through holes extending from a first side through an opposite side, the through holes configured to receive a retaining pin extending through the first side and the opposite side to thereby form a connector to couple the tank wall section to a second tank wall section, each connector comprising a male connector component extending through and protruding from an opposite side of a female connector component and held in place by a retaining pin; wherein some of the male connector components have tapered, elongate nose portions extending radially out farther than outer extremities of other male connector components, tapered sides of the nose portions slidingly engaging female connector components to thereby guide each of the other male connector components into their corresponding female connector components, when the tank wall section is assembled to a second tank wall section.