Dangerous goods shipping container

Claim 1

A shipping container for transporting dangerous goods, such as poisonous or explosive liquids stored in cans, comprising: (a) a roof member, a bottom member and four side wall members joined together to form a gas tight enclosure, one of said members comprising access means, (b) said bottom member comprising a plurality of upwardly open, liquid-tight trays separated from each other by respective tray side walls, (c) a plurality of fork lift tyne tunnels spaced from each other and defined between adjacent tray side walls, (d) an apertured, load-bearing inner floor disposed above said trays and tunnels to define a continuous ventillation passage extending beneath the full area of said inner floor, (e) forced air exhaust means mounted in said container in communication with said ventillation passage, and (f) adjustable air intake means disposed in said container and spaced from said air exhaust means, whereby any spilled liquid flows through said apertured inner floor into the tray therebeneath, and said exhaust means draws air through said intake means via the interior of said container and said ventillation passage, to thereby purge any dangerous liquid vapors from said container.