Patents by Inventor Benjamin Allan Wanner

Benjamin Allan Wanner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5660478
    Abstract: A container for holding fluent material comprises a bag of flexible material defining a volume for containing a load of material, a rigid base for supporting the bag, and tension members within the bag for constraining the bag to assume a shape in which the bag is generally rectangular in horizontal cross section when a load is contained within the volume. The bag has four side walls, a top opening in communication with the volume for loading of fluent material into the container, and a bottom. The tension members include a first elongate flexible tension member extending across the interior of the bag between a first side wall and a second side wall of the bag, and a second elongate flexible tension member extending across the interior of the bag between a third side wall and a fourth side wall of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: Semi-Bulk Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles S. Alack, Avrom R. Handleman, Benjamin Allan Wanner