Patent ID: 7651024
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A composite, reinforced, collapsed bulk bin assembly capable of being erected to a deployed, articulated configuration, said bulk bin assembly comprising: a bulk bin body in a collapsed configuration, said bulk bin body comprising at least one bottom panel and a plurality of side walls, the plurality of side walls operably configured to be disposed substantially perpendicular to the at least one bottom panel when the bulk bin body is in a deployed configuration, the collapsed configuration including some of the side walls in juxtaposed, overlying, parallel orientation relative to remaining ones of the side walls, the bulk bin body having an outside circumference defined by the plurality of side walls; and a stretchable reinforcing sleeve that is configured to provide substantially evenly distributed support along each of the plurality of side walls, the reinforcing sleeve having a circumference that is less than the outside circumference of the bulk bin body when the reinforcing sleeve is in an unstressed state, the reinforcing sleeve attached about the plurality of side walls of the bulk bin body, wherein the reinforcing sleeve is stretched, relative to the unstressed state of the reinforcing sleeve to attach the reinforcing sleeve to the bulk bin body, attaching the reinforcing sleeve about the bulk bin body comprises: