Elastic storage tank and method for making the same

Claim 1

A METHOD OF MAKING AN ELASTIC STORAGE TANK FOR FLUID AND FLUID-LIKE MATERIAL, COMPRISING: CUTTING A PAIR OF GENERATING RECTANGULAR SHAPED BLANKS FROM A SHEET OF IMPERVIOUS, FIBER-REINFRCED ELASTOMER, EACH BLANK HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT LONGITUDINAL EDGES AND TRANSVERSE EDGES, FOLDING EACH BLANK ALONG A FOLD LINE DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE LONTIDUDINAL EDGES OF THE BLANK TO FORM THE BLANK INTO A PAIR OF LARGE PANELS, ONE OF SAID PANELS HAVING A GREATER LENGTH THAN THE OTHER PANEL, FOLDING SAID LARGER PANEL OF EACH BLANK ALONG A PAIR OF SPACED APART SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TRANSVERSE FOLD LINES, EACH TRANSVERSE FOLD LINE BEING LOCATED ADJACENT ONE END OF THE LARGER PANEL, TO THEREBY DEFINE A PAIR OF END PANELS AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID LARGE PANEL, THE SMALLER OF SAID LARGE PANELS OF EACH BLANK HAVING A PAIR OF TRINGULAR SHAPED FLAPS, EACH EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREFROM ADJACEN THE FOLD ALINE BETWEEN SAID LARGER PANELS, SAID FLAP WHICH PROJECTS TRANSVERSILY OF EACH BLANK, BUT SHAPED FLAP WHICH PROJECTS TRANSVERSELY OF EACH BLANK, BUT LONGITUDINALY FROM THE END PANEL AND GENERALLY IN A DIRECTION TOWARDS ONE OF THE TRANGULAR FLAPS ON THE SMALLER OF SAID LARGER PANELS, THE LARGER PANEL OF EACH BLANK HAVING A PAIR ARCUWATE EDGE PORTIONS, EACH BEING LOVATED BETWEEN THE FLAP ON ONE OF THE END PANELS AND A FLAP ON THE SMALLER OF THE LARGE PANELS, FOLDING EDGE PORTIONS -OF THE TRIANGULAR SHAPED FLAPA ON AN EDN PANEL IN LAPPED RELATION WITH AN EDGGE PORTION ON A TRIANGULAR SHAPED FLAP ON ONE OF THE SMALLER SAIDLARGER PANELS, SECURING SAID LAPPED EDGE PORTIONS TOGETHER IN SEALING RELATION, SECURING EDGE PORTIONS OF THE END PANELS TO THE EDGE PORTIONS OF THE SMALLER OF THE LARGER PANELS, APPLYING A PAIR OF FORMED ARCULATE ATTACHMENT MEMBERS EACH TO A ARCUATE EDGE PORTION OF THE LARGER PANEL AND TO THE FOLDED FLAPS OF AN END PANEL IN THE OTHER LARGE PANEL TO THEREBY FORM AN ARCULATE CORNER PORTION, AND TO HEREBY COMPLETE THE FORMATION OF EACH BLANK INTO A END TANK SECTION, EACH END TANK SECTION HAVING AN OPEN END WHICH A CONTINUOUS PERIPHERAL EDGE DEFINED BY CERTAIN EDGES OF THE END PANELS AND LARGE PANELS, INTERCONNECTNG THE PERIPHERAL EDGE OF AN OPEN END OF ONE END TANK SECTION WITH THE PERIPHERAL EDGE OF AN OPEN END OF THE OTHER END TANK SECTION AND SEALINLY JOINING THE TWO TANK SECTION BY THE USE OF A CONNECTING MEDIUM TO THEREBY FORM THE COMPLETED ELASTIC TANK.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF MAKING AN ELASTIC STORAGE TANK FOR FLUID AND FLUID-LIKE MATERIAL, COMPRISING: CUTTING A PAIR OF GENERATING RECTANGULAR SHAPED BLANKS FROM A SHEET OF IMPERVIOUS, FIBER-REINFRCED ELASTOMER, EACH BLANK HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT LONGITUDINAL EDGES AND TRANSVERSE EDGES, FOLDING EACH BLANK ALONG A FOLD LINE DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE LONTIDUDINAL EDGES OF THE BLANK TO FORM THE BLANK INTO A PAIR OF LARGE PANELS, ONE OF SAID PANELS HAVING A GREATER LENGTH THAN THE OTHER PANEL, FOLDING SAID LARGER PANEL OF EACH BLANK ALONG A PAIR OF SPACED APART SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TRANSVERSE FOLD LINES, EACH TRANSVERSE FOLD LINE BEING LOCATED ADJACENT ONE END OF THE LARGER PANEL, TO THEREBY DEFINE A PAIR OF END PANELS AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID LARGE PANEL, THE SMALLER OF SAID LARGE PANELS OF EACH BLANK HAVING A PAIR OF TRINGULAR SHAPED FLAPS, EACH EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREFROM ADJACEN THE FOLD ALINE BETWEEN SAID LARGER PANELS, SAID FLAP WHICH PROJECTS TRANSVERSILY OF EACH BLANK, BUT SHAPED FLAP WHICH PROJECTS TRANSVERSELY OF EACH BLANK, BUT LONGITUDINALY FROM THE END PANEL AND GENERALLY IN A DIRECTION TOWARDS ONE OF THE TRANGULAR FLAPS ON THE SMALLER OF SAID LARGER PANELS, THE LARGER PANEL OF EACH BLANK HAVING A PAIR ARCUWATE EDGE PORTIONS, EACH BEING LOVATED BETWEEN THE FLAP ON ONE OF THE END PANELS AND A FLAP ON THE SMALLER OF THE LARGE PANELS, FOLDING EDGE PORTIONS -OF THE TRIANGULAR SHAPED FLAPA ON AN EDN PANEL IN LAPPED RELATION WITH AN EDGGE PORTION ON A TRIANGULAR SHAPED FLAP ON ONE OF THE SMALLER SAIDLARGER PANELS, SECURING SAID LAPPED EDGE PORTIONS TOGETHER IN SEALING RELATION, SECURING EDGE PORTIONS OF THE END PANELS TO THE EDGE PORTIONS OF THE SMALLER OF THE LARGER PANELS, APPLYING A PAIR OF FORMED ARCULATE ATTACHMENT MEMBERS EACH TO A ARCUATE EDGE PORTION OF THE LARGER PANEL AND TO THE FOLDED FLAPS OF AN END PANEL IN THE OTHER LARGE PANEL TO THEREBY FORM AN ARCULATE CORNER PORTION, AND TO HEREBY COMPLETE THE FORMATION OF EACH BLANK INTO A END TANK SECTION, EACH END TANK SECTION HAVING AN OPEN END WHICH A CONTINUOUS PERIPHERAL EDGE DEFINED BY CERTAIN EDGES OF THE END PANELS AND LARGE PANELS, INTERCONNECTNG THE PERIPHERAL EDGE OF AN OPEN END OF ONE END TANK SECTION WITH THE PERIPHERAL EDGE OF AN OPEN END OF THE OTHER END TANK SECTION AND SEALINLY JOINING THE TWO TANK SECTION BY THE USE OF A CONNECTING MEDIUM TO THEREBY FORM THE COMPLETED ELASTIC TANK.