Patent ID: 6079580
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A container apparatus comprising:a plurality of tank walls making up a tank assembly integrally molded of synthetic resin material and defining a storage chamber for storing flowable material, said tank walls including:tank section walls configured as a tank section defining a tank chamber portion of said storage chamber, said tank section presenting a top and a bottom; andleg section walls defining a leg chamber portion of said storage chamber contiguous with said tank chamber portion, and configured as a plurality of upright stacking legs positioned respectively on opposed sides of said tank section and extending between said top and bottom,said stacking legs each including upper and lower leg ends with at least one of said leg ends configured for matingly engaging a leg end of another of said apparatus in a stacking relationship therewith, one atop the other,said tank section presenting opposed ends, said leg section walls being configured as two pairs of said stacking legs respectively adjacent said opposed ends, said stacking legs presenting upper ends, said apparatus further including a pair of lifting bars extending between and through said upper leg ends of said stacking legs on opposed sides of said tank section for lifting said apparatus, said lifting bars presenting respective lifting bar ends secured to said stacking legs and further including respective lifting sleeves received around said lifting bars between the upper ends of said stacking legs.