Bulk container with bag liner secured in place
First Claim
1. A bulk container for shipping product in bulk from one location to another location, wherein the container is polygonal in transverse cross section and has opposed sidewalls, opposed end walls, a top end and a bottom end and comprises:
- a sidewall having a top end and a bottom end;
bottom closure means at the bottom end of the sidewall closing the bottom end of the container wherein the bottom closure means comprises opposed bottom flaps joined to bottom ends of respective sidewalls and end walls;
a bag liner in the container, said bag liner having a top end at the top end of the container and a bottom end at the bottom end of the container; and
attaching means on the bottom closure means for attaching the bottom end of the bag liner to the bottom end of the container so that the bag liner remains in the container when the container is inverted and product is dumped from the container wherein the attaching means comprises a hole in each end of one of said bottom flaps and a slit extending into one side of each respective hole, opposite corners of the bag liner being inserted through a respective hole and pulled into an associated slot to attach the bottom of the bag liner to the bottom of the container.
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Abstract
A bulk container for shipping product in bulk from one location to another location, wherein the container has a sidewall with a top end and a bottom end, a bottom closure at the bottom end of the sidewall closing the bottom end of the container, a bag liner in the container, and attaching structure on the bottom closure for attaching the bottom end of the bag liner to the bottom end of the container so that the bag liner remains in the container when the container is inverted and product is dumped from the container.
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26 Claims
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1. A bulk container for shipping product in bulk from one location to another location, wherein the container is polygonal in transverse cross section and has opposed sidewalls, opposed end walls, a top end and a bottom end and comprises:
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a sidewall having a top end and a bottom end; bottom closure means at the bottom end of the sidewall closing the bottom end of the container wherein the bottom closure means comprises opposed bottom flaps joined to bottom ends of respective sidewalls and end walls; a bag liner in the container, said bag liner having a top end at the top end of the container and a bottom end at the bottom end of the container; and attaching means on the bottom closure means for attaching the bottom end of the bag liner to the bottom end of the container so that the bag liner remains in the container when the container is inverted and product is dumped from the container wherein the attaching means comprises a hole in each end of one of said bottom flaps and a slit extending into one side of each respective hole, opposite corners of the bag liner being inserted through a respective hole and pulled into an associated slot to attach the bottom of the bag liner to the bottom of the container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A bulk container for shipping product in bulk from one location to another location, wherein the container is polygonal in transverse cross section and has opposed sidewalls, opposed end walls, a top end and a bottom end and comprises:
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a sidewall having a top end and a bottom end; bottom closure means at the bottom end of the sidewall closing the bottom end of the container wherein the bottom closure means comprises opposed bottom flaps joined to bottom ends of the respective sidewalls and end walls; a bag liner in the container, said bag liner having a top end at the top end of the container and a bottom end at the bottom end of the container; and attaching means on the bottom closure means for attaching the bottom end of the bag liner to the bottom end of the container so that the bag liner remains in the container when the container is inverted and product is dumped from the container wherein the attaching means comprises a pair of closely adjacent holes in each end of one of said bottom flaps, opposite corners of the bag liner being inserted through one hole and back through the adjacent hole and then tied behind the flap to attach the bottom of the bag liner to the bottom of the container. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A bulk container for shipping product in bulk from one location to another location, wherein the container is polygonal in transverse cross section and has opposed sidewalls, opposed end walls, a top end and a bottom end and comprises:
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a sidewall having a top end and a bottom end; bottom closure means at the bottom end of the sidewall closing the bottom end of the container wherein the bottom closure means comprises opposed bottom flaps joined to bottom ends of the respective sidewalls and end walls; a bag liner in the container, said bag liner having a top end at the top end of the container and a bottom end at the bottom end of the container; and attaching means on the bottom closure means for attaching the bottom end of the bag liner to the bottom end of the container so that the bag liner remains in the container when the container is inverted and product is dumped from the container wherein the attaching means comprises a slit extending into each of opposite side edges of one of the bottom flaps, opposite corners of said bag liner being pulled into a respective slit to attach the bottom of the bag liner to the bottom of the container. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. An octagonal bulk container, comprising:
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opposite parallel sidewalls, opposite parallel end walls, and diagonal corner panels interposed between respective sidewalls and end walls, said sidewalls and end walls and the diagonal corner panels being joined along vertical folds; major bottom flaps foldably joined to bottom edges of the respective sidewalls along horizontal folds extending perpendicular to the vertical folds wherein the major bottom flaps have an extension on each of opposite ends thereof; minor bottom flaps foldably joined to bottom edges of respective end walls along horizontal folds; diagonal bottom flaps joined to respective diagonal corner panels along horizontal folds; a bag liner in the container for containing product; and attaching means on one of said major bottom flaps for attaching the bottom end of said liner to the bottom of said container so that the liner remains in the container when the container is inverted and product dumped out and wherein one of said attaching means is formed in each said extension at opposite ends of one of said major bottom flaps. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A blank for making an octagonal bulk container, comprising:
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a single unitary piece of material cut and scored to define a plurality of parallel vertical folds delineating sidewalls, end walls and diagonal corner panels interposed between adjacent sidewalls and end walls; major bottom flaps joined to bottom edges of said sidewalls by horizontal folds; minor bottom flaps joined to bottom edges of said end walls by horizontal folds; diagonal bottom flaps joined to bottom edges of said diagonal corner panels by horizontal folds; generally trapezoidally shaped extensions on opposite side edges of said major bottom flaps, said extensions having free outer side edges and being separated from an adjacent diagonal bottom flap by a cut extending at about a 45 degree angle to the horizontal fold joining said major bottom flap to an associated sidewall, said cuts terminating in a J-shape at the juncture between said horizontal fold and a said vertical fold at respective opposite sides of a said sidewall, and said extensions being separated from an adjacent minor bottom flap by a shaped cutout; said diagonal bottom flaps being crushed to facilitate set up of a container erected from said blank; said major bottom flaps having a pair of spaced slots therein near opposite side edges thereof; said minor bottom flaps having shaped notches in free edges thereof, defining tabs at opposite corners that extend into said slots in a container erected from said blank; and attaching means formed in the extensions at opposite side edges of one of said major bottom flaps to attach a bottom end of a bag liner in a container erected from said blank to prevent said liner from falling out of a container erected from the blank when the container is inverted during use to dump product from the container. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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Specification