US2006076393A1PendingUtilityA1

Bulk bin with improved setup and bulge resistance

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Oct 1, 2004Filed: Oct 3, 2005Published: Apr 13, 2006
Est. expiryOct 1, 2024(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Tony Joseph Abshire
B65D 5/10B65D 5/029
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Abstract

This invention relates to packaging, and more particularly to a bulk bin having improved bulge resistance and easy setup.

Claims

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1 . A container, comprising: 
 at least eight side walls;    at least one bottom-forming flap that is connected to at least one side wall; and    at least one locking tab formed on at least one free edge of at least one flap;    wherein 
 the side walls form a shape that is not a true cylinder; and  
 at least one flap and its adjacent sidewall comprises a self-aligning means that become engaged when the flap is folded.  
   
   
   
       2 . The container according to  claim 1 , wherein the container comprises: 
 at least twelve side walls.    
   
   
       3 . The container according to  claim 1 , wherein the container comprises: 
 at least sixteen side walls.    
   
   
       4 . The container according to  claim 3 , wherein the container comprises: 
 a plurality of flaps that are each connected to at least one side wall.    
   
   
       5 . The container according to  claim 4 , wherein each flap is connected to a different side wall.  
   
   
       6 . The container according to  claim 3 , wherein the container comprises: 
 a plurality of locking tabs.    
   
   
       7 . The container according to  claim 6 , wherein the locking tabs are each connected to a different flap.  
   
   
       8 . The container according to  claim 7 , wherein the locking tabs are interlockingly engaged with at least one free edge of an opposing flap.  
   
   
       9 . The container according to  claim 8 , wherein the bottom-forming flaps are engaged to form a shape that is not a true circle.  
   
   
       10 . The container according to  claim 9 , wherein the bottom-forming flaps are engaged to form a shape that approximates a true circle.  
   
   
       11 . The container according to  claim 9 , wherein the shape of the engaged bottom-forming flaps approximates or is at least one member selected from the group consisting of a square, rectangle, triangle, parallelogram, rhombus, hexagon, octagon, heptagon, nonagon, and trapezoid.  
   
   
       12 . The container according to  claim 9 , wherein the side walls form a shape that approximates a true cylinder.

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