Patent ID: 8662335

Claim:
A transportable all-terrain berm for collecting fluid comprising: a containment area formed of flexible impervious sheeting having a floor adapted to lie in a generally horizontal position over a support surface and opposed side and end wall sections connected along first edges with said floor and connected together along opposed end edges; retaining members extending from second edges of said side and end wall sections at selected spaced positions; support members extending from said second edges of said side and end wall sections at locations between said retaining members; and a plurality of braces each having first and second upstanding legs pivotally engaged at a pivotal connection and including a spacer member for selectively positioning and maintaining lower ends of said first and second legs in spaced positions forming said braces generally in the form of an inverted V with the spacer member positioned above said lower ends of said first and second legs and with said lower ends of said first and second legs positionable against a supporting surface; wherein said containment area is formed with said braces arranged in vertical spaced positions about said floor with upper ends of said braces engaged with said retaining members securing at least spaced sections of said side and end wall sections in generally vertical positions aligned and engaged with at least one of said legs of said braces.