BULK CONTAINER ASSEMBLY

• US 20100276449A1
• Filed: 07/13/2010
• Published: 11/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LBP Manufacturing LLC (Sabert Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LBP Manufacturing Incorporated
• Inventors: Cook, Matthew R., Silverstein, Barry, Wolf, Kurt, Nobers, John
• Granted Patent: US 8,056,763 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 222/105
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/10 Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/065 Spouts, pouring necks or discharging tubes fixed to or integral with the flexible container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/067 combined with a valve, a tap or a piercer

Abstract

A substance container may be used for containing substances such as liquids or powders. The container assembly includes a body. A top panel of the body includes a flap that folds into the back panel of the body. A first aperture is located on the front panel to accommodate a dispensing assembly. A second aperture is also located on the top panel to accommodate a filling assembly. The filling assembly does not protrude past an uppermost plane represented by a top surface of the body.

Claims

1. A substance container, the container comprising:

a body including a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a top panel and a bottom panel;

a first aperture located in the front panel, wherein the first aperture accommodates a dispensing assembly; and

a second aperture located in the top panel wherein the second aperture accommodates a filling assembly, wherein the filling assembly does not protrude past a plane represented by an uppermost surface of the body; and

wherein the first side panel, the second side panel, the bottom panel and the back panel form a cavity that accessible from an outside of the body without disassembling the body.

2. The container of claim 1 further including a bag contained in the body.

3. The container of claim 2 further including a bottom support to buttress the bag.

4. The container of claim 3 wherein the body includes a bottom panel and the bottom support positioned at an angle relative to a plane represented by the bottom panel of the body.

5. The container of claim 4 further including insulation disposed on a least a portion of an interior surface of the body.

6. The container of claim 1 wherein the top panel includes a flat top surface and a second surface that is angled downward to the back panel of the container.

7. The container of claim 1 wherein the body comprises a corrugated packaging.

8. The container of claim 5 wherein the corrugated packaging comprises corrugated cardboard.