US 11,939,145 B2
Carbon fiber air cargo container
Gideon P. Searle, Scottsdale, AZ (US); and Theodore Bobrick Root, Jr., Charlotte, NC (US)
Assigned to GSTC LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by GSTC LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/843,539.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/213,491, filed on Jun. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0402690 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 88/14 (2006.01); B65D 90/02 (2019.01)
CPC B65D 88/14 (2013.01) [B65D 90/02 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air cargo container, comprising:
a frame defining a skeleton of the air cargo container;
a top panel and a bottom panel, attached to the frame via fasteners;
a plurality of side panels, each attached to the frame via fasteners; and
at least one retaining bag attached to an interior surface of the top panel, the bottom panel, and/or one or more of the plurality of side panels;
wherein the frame, the top panel, the bottom panel, and the plurality of side panels define a sealed interior compartment of the air cargo container;
wherein at least one of the plurality of side panels is convex relative to the sealed interior compartment of the air cargo container; and
wherein the at least one retaining bag includes packaging material and is operable to be inflated and/or deflated by a pump.