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

Claim 0:
1. A fabric bulk bag, comprising:
a) a bottom comprising at least four sides and having a shape that is neither a circle nor a square;
b) a side wall comprising a layer of fabric, the side wall able to expand when being filled with bulk material to a filled configuration, allowing, and without preventing, one or more bulge portions to form in the side wall and bulge outward when the bag is being filled and form a rounded perimeter, that has a height above the bottom, and that has a substantially circular shape;
c) wherein in the filled configuration said one or more bulge portions extend beyond the bottom at or around the height of the rounded perimeter without touching a support surface upon which the bottom rests; and
d) the bottom having a footprint with a surface area that is larger than a square area of a square bottom of a squared-bottomed bag having a same total perimeter as the rounded perimeter of the fabric bulk bag.