Patent ID: 9388022
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A01F,B65D,B66C,E02F

Claim Text:
1. A method of transferring bulk material for transport, the method comprising the operations of: telescoping a hollow empty soft-sided bag and a standard open-top bucket attached to a piece of bulk material handling equipment, the bucket being configured with a mouth extending around the open-top and with walls extending from the mouth to a base of the bucket, the telescoping orienting the bucket with the mouth facing up to contain the bulk material, the telescoping further orienting a bottom of the bag across the open-top of the bucket with sides of the bag hanging from the mouth; securing the telescoped empty bag to the standard bucket that contains the bulk material so that the bottom of the bag is held against the mouth to close the open-top of the standard bucket; and inverting the telescoped and secured empty bag and the standard bucket, the inverting orienting the bucket with the mouth facing down and the bottom of the bag under the mouth for transferring the bulk material onto the bottom of the bag for support against the force of gravity so that the walls of the bucket laterally retain the bulk material that is supported on the bottom of the bag.