Inventors:
Edward M. Craine - Maspeth NY, 11378
Dan Friedman - Baldwin NY, 11510
Gary J. Parnahay - Valley Stream NY, 11580
International Classification:
B65B 104
US Classification:
141 86, 141 88, 137312, 222108
Abstract:
A hazardous material catcher, which maintains hazardous material spills and prevents spillage of hazardous materials during coupling, uncoupling, loading and unloading processes. The hazardous material catcher has absorbent material associated therewith to absorb excess hazardous materials and prevent hazardous materials from contacting neighboring areas. The hazardous material catcher is light weight, portable, easy to mount, easy to transport, and has absorbent material associated therewith that is easily disposable in a safe and environmentally sound manner, and is useable in a variety of hazardous material loading and unloading applications, including vehicle to vehicle, vehicle to stationary, stationary to vehicle, and stationary to stationary applications. The hazardous materials may be fuel of all types, including gasoline, jet fuel, oil, chemicals, and hazardous material of all types, and prevents excess hazardous material and material that might exit, drip, and/or seep from and around couplings from contacting neighboring areas, and absorbs seeping, dripping, and/or excess hazardous material. The hazardous material catcher is capable of being quickly, conveniently, and easily removably placed adjacently around the entrance inlet and/or outlet orifices of a variety of vehicles, tanks, and storage locations, is portable, light weight, stores easily, and is useable in a variety of applications.