Patent ID: 7131553

Claim:
A cellular reservoir flexible pressure vessel, comprising: a plurality of flexible tubes, each of said tubes having an outer surface, an inner surface, a first end and a second end; first and second end caps, each of said end caps having a receptacle for either of the first and second ends of each of said flexible tubes, a collecting reservoir, a surrounding outer rim and an outer perimeter perpendicular to said surrounding outer rim; at least one of said first and second end caps having a passageway connecting to said collecting reservoir as a connection to either of a passageway of another pressure vessel and a valve; each of said receptacles having a surrounding wall, a base and an orifice penetrating said base; said orifice connecting said receptacle to either of said collecting reservoir and said passageway; said wall having an interior surface, said interior surface being sized and shaped to fit frictionally over said outer surface of one of said flexible tubes at either of said first and second ends; said collecting reservoir having an outer surface and connecting said base of each of said receptacles to a common space, said common space being either of closed and connected to said passageway; said surrounding outer rim extending outwardly from said outer surface of said collecting reservoir for a first predetermined distance along said flexible tubes and serving to constrain said flexible tubes; means for securing said first and second end caps to said flexible tubes; a valving means, said valving means being capable of controlling a flow of either of a liquid and a gas through said passageway and being attached to a distal end of said passageway; and whereby, when said flexible tubes are inserted into said receptacles of said end caps and secured thereto, a flexible pressure vessel will be formed capable of containing either of a liquid and a gas at high pressure.