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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2002
Glen Alan Carter, Mattoon, IL (US);
John Carl Norman, Decatur, IL (US);
Alan Girard, Madison, IN (US);
Justrite Manufacturing Company, L.L.C., Mattoon, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a one-piece spill station with integral support for an intermediate bulk container (IBC). Connected to and surrounding the periphery of a bottom wall is a containment wall that rises generally vertically. One or more support columns rise from the bottom wall and are topped with bearing areas that accept the weight of an IBC. The IBC bearing areas are located high enough above the top edge of the containment wall to allow a forklift to place an IBC onto the bearing areas. The bottom wall, containment wall, and support columns define a spill containment reservoir. For additional strength and rigidity, ribs are molded into the containment wall and into the walls of the support columns. In an embodiment of the invention, the support columns are strengthened either by making them larger at their bases than at their IBC bearing areas or by curving their walls.