US 12,269,664 B2
Container assembly with integrated fluid removal
Steven Mitchell, Ava, MO (US); Ron Fleetwood, Ava, MO (US); Michael Hadley, Seymour, MO (US); and Ricky Alvarez, Columbia, IL (US)
Assigned to SHAPIRO SALES COMPANY, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Shapiro Sales Company, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/176,590.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/268,776, filed on Mar. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0278774 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 81/26 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 81/262 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A container assembly comprising:
a container that defines a cavity configured to receive a fluid therein, the container including a wall section that has an inner panel along the cavity and an outer panel outside of the cavity, the inner panel spaced apart from the outer panel to define an internal compartment within a thickness of the wall section, the inner panel defining a lower hole therethrough, the exterior surface defining an upper hole therethrough, the upper hole disposed closer than the lower hole to a top of the container;
one or more hollow pipes disposed within the internal compartment of the wall section, the one or more hollow pipes defining a flow channel from the lower hole to the upper hole; and
a suction assembly attached to the lower hole and fluidly connected to the one or more hollow pipes, the suction assembly including a strainer disposed within the cavity of the container for suctioning the fluid from the container.