Patent ID: 6880748

Claim:
A bulk packaging system which incorporates at least one selective gas permeable membrane comprising: a corrugated carton of fiberboard construction having a regular polygon shape including; an open top, a closed bottom, and a plurality of side walls joined to said bottom, wherein said side walls and said bottom defines therein a sealable interior storage volume; a transparent lid of polymeric construction having; a shape conforming to said regular polygon shape of said corrugated carton and sized to completely cover said open top and at least an exterior portion of each of said side walls of said carton, an interior surface, an exterior surface, four corners, and a plurality of raised stacking support structures disposed at about each of said four corners wherein each of said raised stacking support structures includes; a predefined height which defines an air gap between a bottom of another corrugated carton and said exterior surface of said lid when vertically stacked two or more high; and at least one selective gas permeable membrane in communication with said interior storage volume and an ambient atmosphere.