Patent ID: 8025208
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A bulk container for storing, shipping and dispensing liquid and semi-liquid fluids, comprising: a bin having a sidewall, a closed bottom, and an open top, the sidewall comprising a plurality of interconnected sidewall panels extending at an angle with respect to one another; a lid covering the open top of the bin, the lid having a discharge opening therethrough adjacent one side edge thereof; a fluid-containing bag supported in the bin; a discharge valve on an upper end of the bag, the discharge valve being positioned to extend through the discharge opening; a liner insert disposed in the bin, a plurality of liner slots formed radially through the liner insert adjacent but spaced from an upper end thereof; valve support means in an upper end of the bin for supporting and holding the discharge valve in position to extend through the discharge opening, the valve support means having a valve support opening therethrough with an elongate generally keyhole shape that is wide at one end and narrow at the other end, the narrow end being aligned with the discharge opening through the lid, the discharge valve being received through the narrow end of the valve support opening, and locking means engaged with the discharge valve to hold it in the narrow end of the valve support opening; and the valve support means includes radially outwardly projecting tabs engaged with the corresponding liner slots to hold the valve support means in position on the liner insert.