Patent ID: 6389986
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B60P,B65D

Abstract:
A bladder stowage and deployment apparatus for a body used for stowage, storage, and transport of goods, to allow fluids to be stored within the bladder while avoiding cross-contamination with the body, the body having a base bounded by side(s), the bladder stowage and deployment apparatus being supported from an upper region of said body, said bladder stowage and deployment apparatus having a base member adapted to support a bladder within said body, said base member being movable between an upward stowed position in which said bladder is stowed above said body and said body can be used for stowage of goods, and a downward deployed position in which said bladder may substantially fill available space within said body and be used for holding fluid; wherein said base member has dimensions which conform substantially to the internal shape of the body proximal to said base, and wherein said bladder stowage and deployment apparatus includes an anti-abrasion device means to avoid abrading of said bladder against the side(s) of said body in the form of a contraction device attached to sides of said bladder to draw in sides of said bladder as said base member is moved toward said upward stowed position.