Bulk container assembly

• US 8,056,763 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2010
• Issued: 11/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: LBP Manufacturing LLC (Sabert Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LBP Manufacturing Incorporated
• Inventors: Silverstein, Barry, Nobers, John, Cook, Matthew R., Wolf, Kurt
• Primary Examiner(s): NGO, LIEN M
• Application Number:
  US12/835,341
• Publication Number:
  US 20100276449A1
• Time in Patent Office: 490 Days
• Field of Search: 222/105, 222/93, 222/100, 222/94, 222/95, 222/183, 222/184, 222/165.1, 22911727-11735, 229/210, 229214-219, 229/162.1, 229/125.12, 229/125.15
• 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, a bottom support 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; and

wherein the first side panel, the second side panel, the bottom panel and the back panel form a cavity below the bottom support that accessible from an outside of the body without disassembling the body, wherein an opening of the cavity is positioned opposite the front panel having the aperture to accommodate the dispensing assembly.

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

3. The container of claim 1 wherein the bottom support is positioned at an angle relative to a plane represented by the bottom panel of the body.

4. The container of claim 3 further including insulation disposed on a least a portion of an interior surface of the body.

5. 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.

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

7. The container of claim 4 wherein the corrugated packaging comprises corrugated cardboard.

8. 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, a bottom support 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; and

wherein the first side panel, the second side panel, the bottom panel and the back panel form a cavity below the bottom support that accessible from an outside of the body without disassembling the body, wherein an opening of the cavity is positioned on the front panel having the aperture to accommodate the dispensing assembly.

9. The container of claim 8 further including a bag contained in the body.

10. The container of claim 8 wherein the bottom support is positioned at an angle relative to a plane represented by the bottom panel of the body.

11. The container of claim 10 further including insulation disposed on a least a portion of an interior surface of the body.

12. The container of claim 8 wherein the top panel includes a flat top surface and a second surface that is angled downward to the back panel of the container.

13. The container of claim 8 wherein the body comprises a corrugated packaging.

14. The container of claim 13 wherein the corrugated packaging comprises corrugated cardboard.