Patent ID: 7757877
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A barrel jacket comprising a container having at least one wall and a floor portion forming an interior, said at least one wall having an opening therein adapted to accommodate a barrel having a sidewall, said at least one wall further having a door section, said door section allowing access to the interior of said barrel jacket and said door section adapted to close said opening to retain a barrel positioned in said interior, said barrel jacket having a series of offset plates positioned in the interior of said container, said offset plates positioned to engage a barrel's sidewall when located in said interior of said container, each of said offset plates being connected to but offset from the interior facing portion of said wall through a crushable means to absorb energy caused by an impact to the exterior facing surface of said wall, said crushable means to absorb energy being interposed between but fixedly joined to said interior wall and to said offset plates.