Blast containment system for trash cans

US10539404B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force · US

Inventors

• Edward A. Lustig, Jr. · Charlotte Hall, US
• Eric Gahagan · Winthrop, US
• John W. Monico, Jr. · Fredericksburg, US
• Paul C. Perricone · Kingston, US
• William Qualls · Plymouth, US
• Michael Agens · Columbia, US
• Daniel Christy Jones · Stow, US
• John S. Winslow · Altadena, US
• Michael Murray · North Palm Beach, US
• Kimberly Peranich, Sr. · Salisbury, US
• Lee Foltz · Indian Head, US
• Jesse Stuart Moran · King George, US
• Christopher Wilhelm · La Plata, US
• Lesley Wilhelm · La Plata, US
• John Wilkinson · Ashburn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 2018
• Grant date: Jan 21, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65F2220/104
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A blast containment system for trash cans includes a liquid-impervious flexible bag having a sealed bottom positioned at a base of a trash can, and an unsealed top positioned and retained at a top periphery of the trash can. A ring-shaped boot is positioned at the sealed bottom of the flexible bag. A rigid container has a closed bottom press-fit into a central opening of the boot. The rigid container extends from its closed bottom to an open top adapted to be approximately aligned with the top periphery of the trash can. An annular volume is defined between the rigid container the flexible bag. The rigid container has side walls that include ballistic materials. A liquid fills the annular volume.