Patent ID: 6494336
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A modular combat load system for supplying soldiers within a military unit with mission critical consumable supplies in a combat environment, comprising:(a) a plurality of modular combat load units stacked side by side on a pallet, each of said plurality of modular combat load units having an upper storage module, a lower storage module affixed to said upper storage module and removable therefrom and an internal storage module positioned within said lower storage module; (b) said upper storage module having an interior adapted to store a fluid, said upper storage module including: (i) a top end having a generally rectangular shape which approximates a square; (ii) a bottom end having a generally rectangular shaped wash basin formed within a lower portion of the interior of said upper storage module; (iii) four side walls extending vertically downward from the top end of said upper storage module to the bottom end of said upper storage module; (iv) a centrally located indent positioned within the top end of said upper storage module and a pair of the four side walls of said upper storage module which are opposite one another; (v) a spout and cap assembly retractable spout located in a recess at one corner of the top end of said upper storage module; (c) said lower storage module having an interior adapted for storage of said mission critical consumable supplies therein, said lower storage module comprising: (i) a bottom end having a generally rectangular shape which approximates a square; (ii) a top end which is open; (iii) four side walls extending vertically upward from the bottom end of said lower storage module to the top end of said lower storage module; (iv) a centrally located indent positioned within the bottom end of said lower storage module and a first pair of the four side walls of said lower storage module which are opposite one another, the indent of said lower storage module being aligned with the indent of said upper storage module when said upper storage module is affixed to said lower storage module to form one of said modular combat load units; (d) said interior storage module including a generally rectangular shaped field pack storage tray which approximates a square, said field pack storage tray having first, second, third and fourth field pack storage units contained therein which are stacked on top of one another; and (e) a channel strap having a buckle assembly which fits within the indent of said upper storage module and the indent of said lower storage module, said buckle assembly when buckled securing said upper storage module to said lower storage module and said internal storage module within said lower storage module.