Patent ID: 11964798
Assignee: AMERIGLOBE, LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  D | IPC B  D

Claim 14:
15. A multi-sided fabric bulk bag, comprising:
a) a top portion;
b) a bottom portion having more than four side portions and a shape that is neither a circle nor a square;
c) a side wall formed from a layer of fabric connecting the top portion and the bottom portion, the side wall having a rounded perimeter at a height between the top portion and the bottom portion, and wherein the side wall is able to expand when the bag is being filled with bulk material without preventing formation of one or more bulge portions at or around the height of the rounded perimeter, wherein the bulk material flowing into the bag to form the one or more bulge portions enables the side wall to expand to a substantially circular shape at or around the height of the rounded perimeter; and
d) wherein a length of each of the more than four side portions of the bottom portion is less than the rounded perimeter divided by four.