Firewood transport & storage assembly

Abstract

A reusable container for storage, transport, and sale of firewood. The container has a rectangular floor panel supporting a plurality of vertically disposed wall panels. The wall panels are connected at a first end to the base so as to provide a container having an open top for loading firewood into the container. One or more handles are secured to a second end of one or more wall panels and a closure mechanism is provided for closing a portion of the second end of one or more of the wall panels around the firewood in the container. The container is a reusable container.

1 . A container for storage, transport, and sale of dry firewood, the container comprising:
 a rectangular floor panel supporting vertically disposed wall panels wherein the container has an open top for loading firewood into the container;   at least two of the vertically disposed wall panels positioned on opposing sides of the rectangular floor panel are each connected at a lower end to the rectangular floor panel with a seam and wherein the at least two vertically disposed wall panels are connected along vertical sides thereto to adjacent vertically disposed wall panels also with a seam connecting said adjacent vertically disposed wall panels;   one or more handles secured to upper ends of one or more of the vertically disposed wall panels; and   a closure mechanism for closing a portion of the upper end of one or more of the wall panels around the dry firewood loaded into the container,   
       wherein each of the vertically disposed wall panels and the rectangular floor panel are a synthetic polymer in an open mesh fabric construction wherein the container has dimensions to support the dry firewood load therein without destruction of the container when loading or unloading the dry firewood load for and after use and wherein container is constructed such that the dry firewood loads to the rectangular shape of the container. 
     
     
         2 . The container of  claim 1 , wherein the vertically disposed wall panels comprise a pair of opposing side wall panels and a pair of opposing end wall panels. 
     
     
         3 . The container of  claim 2  wherein one of the pair of opposing side wall panels and pair of opposing end wall panels is integrally formed at lower ends of each wall panel in said pair with the rectangular floor panel such that the lower ends of each wall panel in said pair are connected to the floor panel without a seam. 
     
     
         4 . The container of  claim 1 , wherein the closure mechanism comprises a length of cord woven through the open mesh construction of the upper ends of one or more of the vertically disposed wall panels. 
     
     
         5 . The container of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more handles comprises two handles secured to the container, the two handles secured to a pair of opposing vertically disposed wall panels such that the two handles are secured to opposing sides of the container. 
     
     
         6 . The container of  claim 1 , wherein the container can support a load of up to 25 lbs. of dry firewood therein. 
     
     
         7 . A method of packing firewood for sale, transport or storage comprising:
 placing one or more lengths of dry firewood into a mesh container having dimensions to support up to approximately 2 cubic feet of a dry firewood load therein and comprising a rectangular floor panel supporting a plurality of vertically disposed wall panels, each of the wall panels connected at a lower end to the rectangular floor panel wherein a seam connects at least one vertically disposed wall panel to the rectangular floor panel and wherein a seam connects at least two adjacent vertically disposed wall panels to each other, and the container having an open top for loading the firewood into the container and wherein the container has one or more handles secured to a second end of one or more of the wall panels;   wherein one or more of the plurality of vertically disposed wall panels and the rectangular floor panel are a synthetic polymer open mesh fabric in construction;   enclosing the one or more lengths of dry firewood in the mesh container and at least partially closing the open top of the container by bringing upper ends of one or more of the plurality of vertically disposed wall panels over a top of the one or more lengths of dry firewood in the mesh container and securing the upper ends of the one or more of the plurality of vertically disposed wall panels over the top of the one or more lengths of dry firewood such that the container forms a substantially rectangular container with the one or more lengths of dry firewood therein.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the container is reusable. 
     
     
         9 . A flexible container for securing of a load in a generally rectangular shape therein, the container comprising:
 a bottom panel providing a generally horizontal rectangular base to the container wherein the container is an open top container and the bottom panel is constructed of a polymer in an open mesh fabric construction;   two opposing end panels extending upright from a connection with the horizontal base wherein the two opposing end panels each have the open mesh fabric construction;   two opposing side panels extending upright from a connection with the horizontal base,   
       wherein each of the two end panels are contiguous with each of the two side panels and at edges where the upright panels are contiguous, and where the two end panels are secured to the bottom panel, respective panel material is secured together to form a seam and wherein stretching of the side panels and/or end panels reinforces the respective seams;
 a drawstring operably secured along an upper perimeter formed by upper ends of the two end panels and upper ends of the two side panels for closure of the open-top around a load received by the container; and 
 two handles, each handle being secured to the upper ends of one of the two end panels or one of the two side panels, 
 
       wherein at least one of the two end panels and at least one of the two side panels of the container are comprised of the polymeric open mesh fabric material, and 
       wherein the container is configured such that closure of the open-top around the load allows the container to take substantially the rectangular shape around the load received therein and wherein the container is reusable as the container is not destroyed after being closed around the load. 
     
     
         10 . The flexible container of  claim 9 , wherein the polymeric open mesh material comprises polypropylene. 
     
     
         11 . The flexible container of  claim 9 , wherein each handle is a strap comprised of nylon, and wherein terminal ends of each strap are adhered to the container. 
     
     
         12 . The flexible container of  claim 9 , further comprising a closure mechanism operably connected to the drawstring and movable on a length of the drawstring to reduce an effective length of the drawstring thus closing the container. 
     
     
         13 . The flexible container of  claim 9  configured to receive a load of dried firewood weighing up to 25 lbs. for sale, transport or storage of said dried