Steve A Teng

US Patent:

20120031830, Feb 9, 2012

Filed:

Nov 9, 2009

Appl. No.:

13/127921

Inventors:

David A. Edwards - Boston MA, US
Joseph Shivers - Salem OH, US
Kevin Burrows - Solvang CA, US
Steve Teng - Rego Park NY, US
Michael Silvestri - Natick MA, US
Werner Hugo van Vuuren - Cambridge MA, US
Mathieu Lehanneur - Paris, FR
Jose Sanchez - Paris, FR

Assignee:

Le Labogroup S.A.S. - Paris
President and Fellows of Harvard College - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

B01D 35/00
B65D 33/02
B01D 29/00

US Classification:

210244, 210455, 428 12, 220 92

Abstract:

Water can be transported and/or treated using a system or container in which a collapsible framework is attached to a membrane. A collapsible water container defining a volume for receiving, transporting, and delivering water can include: a membrane of material substantially impermeable to water, the membrane having a substantially cylindrical expanded configuration with a central axis and substantially contracted configuration; wherein the membrane configured to rotatably expand about the axis when water is placed within the volume defined by the collapsible water container and rotatably contract about the axis when water is removed from the volume defined by the collapsible water container.