Patent ID: 8757224
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: F01M,F16N

Abstract:
1. A container for fluid comprising: an interior for containing a fluid; an inlet in fluid communication with the interior for draining the fluid into the container when the container is in a prone position; a collecting wall providing a catchment surface for collecting the fluid and for draining the fluid from an exterior of the container into the interior through the inlet to collect the fluid when the container is in the prone condition; an outlet in fluid communication with the interior for draining the collected fluid from the container when the container is in a pouring condition, wherein the pouring condition is transverse the prone condition; wherein the container is moveable from the prone condition to a carrying condition, and the carrying condition is transverse the prone condition, wherein the inlet is positioned in the collection wall so as to be elevated above the collected fluid when the container is in the prone condition and the fluid has been collected, wherein the inlet is positioned generally proximate an edge of the catchment surface so as to be elevated above the collected fluid when: wherein the catchment surface includes a catchment boundary for draining the fluid inward from at least one edge of the catchment surface, wherein the catchment boundary includes a spill-way channel for draining residual fluid from the catchment surface away from the inlet when the container is in the prone condition, the residual fluid lies on the catchment surface above the inlet when the container is in the prone condition, the riser is arranged so as to be elevated above the spill-way channel when the container is in the prone condition.