Bulk container with bag liner secured in place

US8998070B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8998070-B2
Application numberUS-201313868658-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateApr 23, 2013
Priority dateApr 23, 2012
Publication dateApr 7, 2015
Grant dateApr 7, 2015

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Abstract

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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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What is claimed is: 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 en…

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What does patent US8998070B2 cover?
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 con…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Int Paper Co
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B65D5/56. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Apr 07 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).