Patent ID: 7614825
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A rapidly deployable modular dike assembly comprising in combination strut members and corner members connectable to form a dike wall, each of said strut members having a top wall, widthwise spaced walls, an open base and lengthwise opposed first and second connector ends, said first and second connector ends of adjacent strut members being engageable to form said dike wall of said dike assembly, said corner members having angularly opposed first and second connector ends engageable with adjacent first and second connector ends of said strut members to form a closed dike corner of said dike assembly, one of said first and second connector ends of said strut members having projecting means for interlocking with receiving means provided by the other of said first and second connector ends of said strut members and said corner members for securing said members together, to form said dike wall of said dike assembly, said strut members being stackable with the top of one of said strut members being received in the open base of another of said strut members to nest said strut members for storage or transportation with the nesting engagement of said stacked strut members being limited by said projecting means, said projecting means engaging adjacent strut members to vertically space nested strut members.