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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1995
Richard L Geiser, Goshen, IN (US);
CTB, Inc., Milford, IN (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for storing a material in a container which is exposed to various weather conditions, including rain. The container includes a spreader for distributing the material within the container, as well as a rain shielding member extending from the container for inhibiting the flow of rain along a converging portion of the container. The method includes forming the container having a cover, a sidewall member, a converging portion connected to an outlet portion and a rain shielding member. Thereafter, during a rainfall, the flow of rain is deflected along the cover and the sidewall member away from the converging portion to maintain the converging portion of the container in a substantially dry condition.