US 12,434,905 B1
Enhanced intermodal container modification kit
Lon Owen Crosby, Webster City, IA (US)
Filed by Lon Owen Crosby, Webster City, IA (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/376,099.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/576,796, filed on Mar. 6, 2023.
Int. Cl. B65D 88/74 (2006.01); B65D 81/20 (2006.01); B65D 81/24 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 88/745 (2013.01) [B65D 81/2076 (2013.01); B65D 81/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A kit for temporarily modifying an intermodal container for aerating an interior thereof with a fluidic gas to maintain quality characteristics of bulk material contents in the intermodal container, the kit comprising:
A plurality of aeration floor panels sized to cover a floor of the container when placed adjacent one to the others, each panel defining a plurality of apertures therethrough for placement upon the floor of the intermodal container, each aeration floor panel defining a plurality of longitudinally extending air channels therealong collectively defining a plenum, the apertures facilitating transfer of the fluidic gas from the air channels through the apertures to the interior of the intermodal container;
a plenum interface in fluidic communication with the plenum defined by the aeration floor panels; and
a gas delivery apparatus having an inlet for the intake of a fluidic gas and having an outlet gaseously communicative with the plenum interface for delivering the fluidic gas to the aeration floor panel air channels.