Patent ID: 7042695

Claim:
A plastic container for storage and transport especially of explosive contents, comprising: a container body having an interior for accommodating a liquid material and including a top end, a bottom end, an inner non-electroconductive plastic container wall and an outer electroconductive plastic container wall, wherein the inner container wall and the outer container wall extend between the top end and the bottom end; and an electric connection established between the material and the outer container wall to prevent an explosive electrostatic charge buildup of the container body or the material and to assure a safe dissipation of the electrostatic charge buildup, said electric connection including an electroconductive bung plug, received in the top end of the container body and electrically contacting the outer container wall, and an electroconductive dissipator rod securely received in the bung plug and having a length which is longer by about between 3% and 30% than a height of the container body so that the dissipator rod extends in the interior of the container body from the bung plug to the bottom end.