Method and apparatus for material storage and transport

摘要

An apparatus for material storage and transport uses one or more bags, each constructed from one of more flexible plastic sheets and forming a chamber for holding material. A bag may be coupled to an adjacent bag by at least one strip of flexible material, which may optionally be perforated to allow adjacent bags to be separated from one another. Multiple bags may be arranged side-by-side, or end-to-end, in a line. The ends of the line may be removably coupled to one another to form a loop.

主权项

1. An apparatus for storage and transport of material, comprising:
a plurality of bags, each constructed from one or more flexible plastic sheets and forming a chamber for holding material, the chamber having an inner chamber surface and an outer chamber surface and each plastic sheet of the one or more flexible plastic sheets having a front surface that forms the outer surface of the chamber, a back surface that forms the inner surface of the chamber, and at least one edge surface; and at least one strip of flexible material attached to each bag of the plurality of bags;where, for each bag of the plurality of bags, the at least one strip of flexible material overlays a first region of a front surface of a flexible plastic sheet that forms the outer chamber surface of the bag,wherein each bag of the plurality of bags is coupled to an adjacent bag by the at least one strip of flexible material,wherein the at least one strip of flexible material is configured to support the weight of any material in each bag of the plurality of bags during transport,wherein the plurality of bags are arranged edge to edge in a line, andwherein a strip of flexible material of the at least one strip of material is removably and directly coupled end-to-end, such that the strip of flexible material forms a loop and the line of bags is arranged in a loop.