Patent ID: 9091032
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B08B,B65D,E02B,F16N

Abstract:
1. A containment berm comprising: (a) a containment material that is durable, flexible and chemically resistant, the containment material configured to provide at least a floor and four walls of the berm, the walls forming a perimeter of the berm, the perimeter having an inside surface and an outside surface; (b) a plurality of quick latch stays situated around the perimeter of the berm, each quick latch stay comprising a first stay member, a second stay member, a third stay member, a latch block, and a flexible connecting member; and wherein the first stay member extends vertically on the outside surface of the perimeter and comprises a stay insert covered by at least one layer of geomembrane material that is heat-welded onto the outside surface of the perimeter; wherein the second stay member is comprised of a stay insert covered on both sides by a geomembrane material and joined to the floor of the berm by a material hinge comprised of geomembrane material; wherein the third stay member is situated on the floor of the berm and extends from an inside corner of the berm to a point between the material hinge and the inside corner of the berm and comprises a stay insert at least partially covered by a geomembrane material that is heat-welded onto the floor of the berm; wherein the latch block is situated on the inside surface of the perimeter proximate to a top edge of the perimeter and comprises a stay insert covered by at least one layer of geomembrane material that is heat-welded onto the inside surface of the perimeter; wherein the connecting member is comprised of at least one layer of geomembrane material that is connected at one end to the second stay member and at another end to the inside surface of the perimeter directly underneath the latch block; and wherein to engage the quick latch stay, a distal end of the second stay member is inserted underneath a bottom end of the latch block.