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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gilbert J Nash, Edmonds, WA (US);
Gerhard E Seidel, Renton, WA (US);
Assignee:
Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220-15 ; 206577 ; 220 / ; 220 / ; 220403 ; 220445 ; 220461 ;
Abstract
An intermodal cargo container capable of being quickly and easily converted between a solid storage mode and a fluent storage mode is disclosed. Shell sections adapted to be either removed from, or pivoted within, an outer container are provided to support an impermeable liner in the fluent storage mode. Elements of both the inner and outer container may be of conventional construction for surface transport or of lightweight construction suitable for air as well as surface transport.