Patent ID: 8651792
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A portable storage silo comprising: a tank having a peripheral wall defining a circular outer periphery surrounding a longitudinal axis of the tank, a top wall and a bottom wall; the circular outer periphery having an outer diameter less than 15 feet so as to allow the tank to be portable on a flat bed trailer; a filling opening at or adjacent a top of the tank; a discharge opening at or adjacent a bottom of the tank; a support assembly for holding the tank with the bottom wall raised from the ground such that the discharge opening is raised for discharge into a receptacle at the ground; the support assembly including a base arranged for resting on the ground to support the tank standing upwardly from the ground; the base being fixed relative to the tank so that the base is fixed in a radial plane of the longitudinal axis of the tank; the base defining an outer peripheral edge with transverse dimensions in all directions transverse to the tank which are substantially equal to the diameter of the circular outer periphery and so that the base is also transportable with the tank; the base including at least four stabilizer arms connected to the base and located at spaced positions around the base; each stabilizer arm being movable from a first retracted position in which the stabilizer arm is located inside the circular outer periphery for transport with the tank to a second extended position in which the stabilizer arm extends outwardly to a respective side of the base for engaging the ground outwardly of the base while the base sits on the ground for stabilizing the base against tilting; each stabilizer arm being movable about an upstanding axis at the base parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tank so as to move the stabilizer arm so that an angle of the stabilizer arm around the base is adjustable.