Patent ID: 8998070
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
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 ends of respective sidewalls and end walls; a bag liner in the container, said bag liner having a top end at the top end of the container and a bottom end at the bottom end of the container; and attaching means on the bottom closure means 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 wherein the attaching means comprises a hole in each end of one of said bottom flaps and a slit extending into one side of each respective hole, opposite corners of the bag liner being inserted through a respective hole and pulled into an associated slot to attach the bottom of the bag liner to the bottom of the container.