Patent ID: 7673658

Claim:
A injection molded load line connection spillage container for catching and retaining liquid spilled when liquids are pumped between storage tanks and tankers, wherein the transfer line from the storage tank is characterized as a load line and the transfer line from the tanker is characterized as an unloading line, the load line connection spillage container comprising: an injection molded reservoir having a bottom and upstanding walls defining an opening therein, the upstanding walls being further characterized as a rear upstanding wall portion, a front upstanding wall portion, a left upstanding wall portion, and a right upstanding wall portion, the rear upstanding wall portion having a load line throughway therein and the front upstanding wall portion having a channel therein generally aligned with the load line throughway in the rear upstanding wall portion, and wherein reinforcing ribs are molded into the rear upstanding wall portion; wherein the upstanding wall portions terminate in an outwardly turned J-shaped lip containing integrally molded gussets to strengthen and reinforce the reservoir opening, the J-shaped lip having an integrally molded lock recess and a bore therethrough; an injection molded reservoir cover having a circumferential lip and an integrally molded lock bracket on the circumferential lip, so that the integrally molded lock bracket on the lip mates with the integrally molded lock recess on the reservoir and the bores in the molded lock bracket of the reservoir cover and in the integrally molded lock recess are aligned when the reservoir cover is placed on the reservoir; hinge means for hingedly attaching the reservoir cover to the reservoir; and wherein, with the reservoir cover open, the load line from the storage tank is received through the load line throughway in the rear upstanding wall portion, the unloading line from the tanker is received in the channel in the front upstanding wall portion, and the connection between the load line from the storage tank and the unloading line from the tanker is made within the reservoir so any spillage is caught and retained within the reservoir.