| US 7,484,275 B2 | ||
| Transportable contaminated remains pouch | ||
| Todd R. Carroll, Guntersville, Ala. (US); and Charles T. Vencill, Grant, Ala. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Kappler, Inc., Guntersville, Ala. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 25, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/722,244. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/429850, filed on Nov. 27, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0007402 A1, Jan. 08, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61G 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 27—28 [383/103] | 23 Claims |
| 1. A container for storing or transporting at least one contaminated item, comprising:
a plurality of polymeric, multi-layered chemical composite flexible walls that are impervious to gases and liquid and define
an interior chamber that has sufficient dimensions to accommodate said contaminated item;
a gas-tight closable and openable opening for placing and removing said contaminated item in the interior chamber; and an
air management system that filters and releases pressure from the inside of said interior chamber and includes:
a pressure relief valve to allow the release of gasses to prevent over pressurization in the container, and
an air-purifying system that comprises at least one of an air-purifying cartridge or canister to filter air exiting the container
through the valve.
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